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Use "heiau" in a sentence
"This city of refuge was a "heiau," or heathen temple."
"We were drinking on the mats by the beach at Waikiki, close to the old heiau "(temple)" that is not far from what is now the Wilders 'beach place."
"The Hawaiians, who, it seemed, had driven him to destroy himself in expiation for the destruction of their fishing _heiau_ -- who had prayed him to death -- packed their things and slipped away before the police sirens began."