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Located on the south shore of Honolulu, the world-famous neighborhood of Waikiki was once a playground for Hawaiian royalty. Translated in Hawaiian, Waikiki means “sprouting waters,” named for the springs and streams that separated Waikiki from inner Oahu. In fact Waikiki consisted of wetlands until the 1920s when the government began construction on what would…