Inoa | Name(s)

Kona (Kauaʻi)

Hiʻona ʻāina | Land characteristic: Moku

Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi | Feature(s) located within this place: Eleʻele; Hanapēpē; Kalāheo; Kōloa; Lāwaʻi, Makaweli; Māhāʻulepū; Pāʻā; Wahiawa (Kauaʻi); Waimea (Kauaʻi); Weliweli; Kawaikini

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

Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo

He moku kēia ma ka mokupuni o Kauaʻi. Aia ʻo Kona ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana o ka mokupuni, me ka mokupuni o Puna ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina a me ka moku o Nāpali ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o kēia moku. Aia ke kuahiwi nui o Kauaʻi, ʻo Kawaikini, ma kēia moku. Aia ke awāwa o Waimea ma Kona, a no Waimea, ʻōlelo ʻia ma nā mele kahiko, “Ka wai ʻula ʻiliahi o Waimea.”

Description

One of five ancient districts, from Nualolo to Mahaulepu inclusive; now divided into Waimea and Koloa districts. (Lloyd Soehren)

ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi

E koho iā “Kona (Kauaʻi)” no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ka moku o Kona ma ka mokupuni o Kauaʻi. No nā moku ʻē aʻe me ka inoa like ma nā mokupuni ʻē aʻe, e koho i ka mea kūpono no kēlā mokupuni.

Instructions

Use for the moku of Kona on the island of Kauaʻi. Not to be confused with the Kona districts on the islands of Hawaiʻi, Molokaʻi, and Oʻahu.

Hana | Practice: Mahiʻai

Kūmole | Source(s)

“Kona,” Inoa ʻĀina Hawaiʻi Database, Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library.

Pukui, Mary Kawena. ’Olelo No’eau : Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings. Honolulu, Hawai’i: Bishop Museum Press, 1983.

Wichman, Frederick B. Kauaʻi : Ancient Place-Names and Their Stories. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 1998.

Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: Ka moku o Kona i ka mokupuno o Kauaʻi, Touring Waimea

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