The first large-scale shopping mall in "Huh-viy-ee" opened in August 1959, just 17 days before the islands became our 50th state. ALA MOANA CENTER was the Aloha State's third mall-type shopping complex. For the record, "Ala Moana" means "Path to the Sea" in the native tongue.
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