a district along the west coast of the Island of Hawaii in southeastern Hawaii, divided administratively into North Kona and South Kona districts.
Official Name Kailua-Kona. a town in North Kona district, and the largest town in the district of Kona: the first capital, 1795–1820, of the unified Kingdom of Hawaii.
Borrowed into English from Hawaiian around 1860–65
From Hawaiian kona “leeward or dry side” (of the island)
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The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for the entire state through Thursday as a kona low, or subtropical cyclone, west of the island chain generated moist and humid conditions.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2023
Previous studies indicate kona lows may happen less frequently as a result of climate change.
From Scientific American • Dec. 7, 2021
We are led back to the time of matriarchy by the terms for "woman" which are derived from the same root: Greek gynê, Slav zenâ, Gothic qvino, Norse kona, kuna.
From The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Engels, Friedrich
Lawe aku la o Waka ia Laieikawai ma kahi a Kapukaihaoa i kuhikuhi ai, a malaila oia i malama malui'ai o Laieikawai a hiki i kona manawa i hoomahuahua iki ae ai.
From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren
Ia manawa, hoi wikiwiki aku la oia e halawai me kona kaikuahine me Malio.
From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren
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