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Kona (kō`nə), district, along the western coast of the island of Hawaii. It is Hawaii's coffee belt and the only coffee-producing area in the United States. The Kona coast, with fine deep-sea fishing offshore, is a favorite tourist spot. On Kealakelua Bay stands a monument to English explorer Capt. James Cook, killed there by natives in 1779. Kailua Bay to the north was the landing site in 1820 of the first U.S. missionaries to Hawaii.
Kona
The code name for eSuite from Lotus (part of IBM since 1995). See eSuite.
kona [′kō·nə]
(meteorology)
A stormy, rain-bringing wind from the southwest or south-southwest in Hawaii; it blows about five times a year on the southwest slopes, which are in the lee of the prevailing northeast trade winds.


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Byline: ART WILSON, HORSE RACING Trainer Bruce Headley and his family lost more than a great thoroughbred last Friday when 2000 champion sprinter Kona Gold broke his left front leg while playing outside his barn at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington and had to be euthanized at age 15.
There are beautiful hotels in Hawaii like Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki, Turtle Bay Resort Kahuku, Outrigger Kanaloa Hotel Kailua Kona, and Kona Seaside Hotel Kailua Kona and so on.
 
 
 
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