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Keauhou is the home of the Kona
Marathon, which is a Boston
Qualifier. Start and finish of the
marathon is at the Keauhou Beach
Resort just south of Kailua-Kona on
the Big Island of Hawaii. An
estimated 1,800 runners of all ages
and abilities will be competing for
prize money, participating for
health and enjoyment, and raising
money for charity.
Kona
is the name of a moku or district on
the Big Island of Hawaii in the
State of Hawaii. In the current
system of administration of Hawaii
County, the moku of Kona is divided
into North Kona District (Kona
‘Akau) and South Kona District (Kona
Hema). The term "Kona" is sometimes
used to refer to its largest town,
Kailua-Kona. Other towns in Kona
include Kealakekua, Keauhou,
Holualoa, Hōnaunau and Honalo.
In the
Hawaiian language, kona means
leeward or dry side of the island,
as opposed to ko‘olau which means
windward or the wet side of the
island. In the times of Ancient
Hawaii, Kona was the name of the
leeward district on each major
island. In Hawai‘i, the Pacific
anticyclone provides moist
prevailing northeasterly winds to
the Hawaiian islands, resulting in
rain when the winds contact the
windward landmass of the islands -
the winds subsequently lose their
moisture and travel on to the
leeward (or kona) side of the
island. When this pattern reverses,
it can produce a Kona storm from the
west. Kona has cognates with the
same meaning in other Polynesian
languages. In Tongan, the equivalent
cognate would be tonga; for
windward, the associated cognate
would be tokelau.
Kona
is the home of the world-famous
Ironman World Championship Triathlon
which is held each year in October
in Kailua-Kona. The Kealakekua Bay
State Historical Park marks the
place where Captain James Cook was
killed in 1779. Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau
National Historical Park and
Honokohau Settlement and
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical
Park are in Kona.
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