WAHIAWA

city, Honolulu county, west-central Oahu Island, Hawaii, U.S. It is situated on the 1,000-foot- (300-metre-) high Leilehua Plateau between the two forks of the Kaukonahua Stream. Wahiawa (meaning "place of noise") is a commercial centre for nearby plantation communities and military installations (Schofield Barracks and Wheeler Air Force Base). It is the site of company housing developments for plantation workers and is also the area's truck depot for pineapple shipments to Honolulu. Pop. (1990) 17,386.