Tag: Hawaii

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Below are five pairs of global cities. What do the sets have in common?
Madrid, Spain / Wellington, New Zealand
Buenos Aires, Argentina / Shanghai, China
Hanoi, Vietnam / La Paz, Bolivia
Johannesburg, South Africa / Honolulu, Hawaii

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These cities are Antipodes, i.e. on the diametrically opposite sides of the Earth.
Interestingly only 15% of the Earth's land surface has a land antipode. 
See the Antipodal Map of Earth to see what is opposite what.

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In Hawaiian, the word X means “to bake in the ground” – it can also be used to refer to the Hawaiian food (usually containing pork or turkey) cooked in this manner that is often served at feasts and has since become a major tourist attraction.

X is not to be confused with the very similar-sounding but completely unrelated Y, which is a coffee liqueur made from rum, Arabica coffee, and sugar. Y serves as a key ingredient in several cocktails, some more prominent than others.

What are X and Y?

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X: Kālua, in which the food is cooked in an underground oven called an imu

Y: Kahlúa, which means "House of the Acolhua People" in Nahuatl, spoken in Veracruz, Mexico, where the drink originated