Inoa| Name(s)

Kona (Hawaiʻi)

Hiʻona ʻāina  | Land characteristic:: Moku 

Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi | Feature(s) located within this place: ʻAlikā; Anapuka; Hoʻopūloa; Awakeʻe; Haleohiu; Hamanamana; Hōlualoa 1-4; Honalo; Māʻihi 1-2; Hōnaunau; Honokōhau 1-3; Honokua; Honuaʻula; Hoʻokena; Kaʻapuna; Kaʻawaloa; Kahaluʻu; Kahauloa 1-2; Kalāhiki; Kalaoa 1-5; Kaloko; Kaʻohe 1-5; Kapuʻa; Kaʻū; Kauhakō; Kaulana; Awalua; ʻŌhiki; Kaulanamauna; Kauleolī 1-2; Kaumalumalu; Pāhoehoe; Kaʻūpūlehu; Keahuolū; Kealakehe; Kealakekua; Kīloa 1; Keālia 1-2; Keauhou 1-2; Keʻei; Keʻekeʻe; Kanakau; Kēōkea; Kiʻilae; Kīpahoehoe; Kohanaiki; Kolo; Kūkiʻo; Maniniʻōwali; Kukuiopaʻe; Lanihau; Moeauo; Mahaiʻula; Makalawena; Makaʻula; Okoe; ʻŌlelomoana; ʻOpihihali; ʻOʻoma; Pāhoehoe A 1-4; Pāhoehoe B 1-3; Mau; Pāpā; Puaʻa; Waiʻaha; Puapuaʻa; Puʻuanahulu; Puʻuwaʻawaʻa; Waiea; Waikākuʻu

Hiʻona ʻāina nona kēia wahi | Feature(s) that contain this place:: Hawaiʻi

Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo

He moku kēia ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana o mokupuni o Hawaiʻi. Aia ma waena o ka moku o Kaʻū, ma ka ʻaoʻao hema, a me Kohala, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau. Wahi a nā kūpuna, “Kona, kai ʻōpua i ka laʻi.” Kaulana kēia moku no ka māʻokiʻoki o ke kai. No Keʻei ʻO Kekūhaupiʻo, ke aliʻi kaulana a kumu no Kamehameha Paiʻea. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Kauikeaouli, ʻO Kamehameha III ma Keauhou, Kona.

Description

Leeward district on Hawaiʻi. Poetic (Hawaiʻi); kai māʻokiʻoki; kai ʻōpua i ka laʻi; kai hā-wanawana, streaked sea; clouds [over the] sea in the calm; whispering sea.

ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi

E koho iā “Kona (Hawaiʻi)” no ka moku ma ka mokupuni o Hawaiʻi. No nā moku o Kona ma nā mokupuni ʻē aʻe, e koho i ka mea pili i kēlā mokupuni. 

Instructions

Use for the moku of Kona on Hawaiʻi. Not to be confused with the Kona districts of most of the other islands. 

Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy

Kanaka | Person: Kekūhaupiʻo; Kauikeaouli

Hana | Practice: Lawaiʻa; Hana kaua 

Kūmole | Source(s)

“Moku of Kona,” Kīpuka Database, Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: Archaeological excavations and heiau stabilization at Kahului, Kona, Hawaiʻi Island, Kona torch (Kona, Hawaii Island, Hawaii) 

Mea haku | Created by: Na ka hui ʻimi naʻauao o Ka Wai Hāpai