Kona or KONA may refer to:
People
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Kona (surname) Kona is an Indian surname . Notable people with the surname include:
*Neeraja Kona, South Indian costume designer
*Kona Prabhakar Rao (1916–1990), former governor of Maharashtra and Sikkim
*Kona Raghupathi, Indian politician
*Kona Venkat (born 19 ...
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Dilshad Nahar Kona
Dilshad Nahar Kona (born 15 April 1980; known as Kona) is a Bangladeshi singer. She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her song ''"Tui Ki Amar Hobi Re"'' in the film ''Bishwoshundori'' (2020).
Early life
Kon ...
, Bangladeshi singer also known as Kona
Television
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''Kona'' (TV series), a Kenyan telenovela that premiered in 2013
Locations
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Kona, Kentucky
Kona is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community and coal town in Letcher County, Kentucky, Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. The Kona Post Office closed in 1996.
References
Unincorporated communities in Letcher Count ...
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Kona, North Carolina
Kona is an unincorporated community in Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States. The community is located along North Carolina Highway 80 (NC 80), near the confluence of the North and South Toe Rivers and at the western slope of Elli ...
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Kona District, Hawaii
Kona is a ''moku'' or district on the Big Island of Hawaii in the State of Hawaii, known for its Kona coffee and the location of the Ironman World Championship Triathlon. In the current system of administration of Hawaii County, the ''moku'' o ...
, on the western coast of the island of Hawaii. ''Kona'' means "Leeward" in Hawaiian. In Ancient Hawaii each island had a "Kona" district.
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Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Kailua-Kona is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. It is also known as Kailua (a name it shares with Kailua, Honolulu County, Hawaii, a community located o ...
, sometimes called ''Kona Town''
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Kona Department
Kona is a department or commune of Mouhoun Province in western Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Kona. According to the 1996 census the department has a total population of 18,033.Konah
Konah is a town and sub-prefecture in the Tougué Prefecture in the Labé Region
Labé Region ( Pular: 𞤁𞤭𞥅𞤱𞤢𞤤 𞤂𞤢𞤦𞤫) is located in north-central Guinea. It is bordered by the countries of Senegal and Mali and ...
, a town in Guinea
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Colossae
Colossae (; grc-gre, Κολοσσαί) was an ancient city of Phrygia in Asia Minor, and one of the most celebrated cities of southern Anatolia (modern Turkey). The Epistle to the Colossians, an early Christian text which identifies its author ...
or Kona, an ancient city of Phrygia
*Kona, a city of
Howrah district
Howrah district (, ) is a district of the West Bengal state in eastern India. Howrah district is one of the highly urbanized area of West Bengal. The urbanised sectors gradually increase the slum populations. Howrah is the third smallest distric ...
in
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...
, India
* Kona, Ashanti, a small town in the
Sekyere South District
Sekyere South District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Afigya-Sekyere District, which it was created from part of the former Kwabre-Sek ...
, Ghana
Radio stations
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KONA (AM)
KONA (610 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, Washington, and serving the Tri-Cities region in Benton, Franklin and Walla Walla Counties. It broadcasts a news/talk format with farm reports, weather an ...
, a radio station in Kennewick, Washington
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KONA-FM
KONA-FM (105.3 MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format. Licensed to Kennewick, Washington, United States, the station serves the Tri-Cities area. The station is owned by Townsquare Media and features programming from Westwo ...
, a radio station in Kennewick, Washington
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KONA-LP
KONA-LP (100.5 FM, "KONA LPFM 1005") is a radio station licensed to serve the community of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The station is owned by The Sanctuary of Mana Ke'a Gardens dba Radio Alchemy. It airs a community radio format.
The station was assi ...
, a low-power radio station (100.5 FM) licensed to serve Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States
Electronic devices
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Kyocera Kona
Kyocera Kona is a line of low cost cellular phones manufactured by Kyocera
is a Japanese multinational ceramics and electronics manufacturer headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It was founded as in 1959 by Kazuo Inamori and renamed in 1982. It m ...
, a
flip phone
The flip phone or clamshell is a form factor of a mobile phone or other device which is in two or more sections that fold via a hinge. If the hinge is on a long edge the device is more likely to be called clamshell than flip phone (e.g., No ...
manufactured by Kyocera
Music
* ''Kona'' (lit. ''woman'' in Icelandic) a 1985 solo album by Icelandic singer
Bubbi
260 px, Bubbi Morthens, Laugardalsvöllur, Iceland (2007)
Bubbi Morthens (full name ''Ásbjörn Kristinsson Morthens''; born 6 June 1956) is an Icelandic-Danish-Norwegian singer and songwriter. Aside from a lengthy solo career, he has been a me ...
* "Kona", 2018 single from the album ''
Limpopo Champions League'' by South African musician Sho Madjozi
Military
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Signal Intelligence Regiment (KONA), German Signal intelligence regiment (abbr. KONA), during
World War II
Other
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Hyundai Kona
The Hyundai Kona ( ko, 현대 코나) is a subcompact crossover SUV produced by the South Korean manufacturer Hyundai. The first-generation Kona debuted in June 2017 and the production version was revealed later that year. It is positioned betwee ...
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Kona Brewing Company
Kona Brewing Hawai'i is a brewery in Kailua-Kona on Hawaii's Big Island. Formerly owned by Craft Brew Alliance, Kona is now owned by PV Brewing Partners since September 2020. Kona Brewing Company distributes its beers in 36 states and 10 differ ...
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Kona coffee
Kona coffee is the market name for coffee ('' Coffea arabica'') cultivated on the slopes of Hualalai and Mauna Loa in the North and South Kona Districts of the Big Island of Hawaii. It is one of the most expensive coffees in the world. Only coff ...
, a product of the Kona District in Hawaii
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Kona, Monarch of Monster Isle
Kona, Monarch of Monster Isle is a fictional American comic book character who was featured in his own self-titled series, published by Dell Comics in the 1960s.
Publication history
Kona debuted in Four Color Comics #1256 (dated February 1962) b ...
, a 1960s comic book character
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Kona storm, a weather event in Hawaii
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Winona Municipal Airport
Winona Municipal Airport (Max Conrad Field) is located three miles northwest of Winona, Minnesota and next to Goodview on the Mississippi River, in Winona County, Minnesota. It has no scheduled airline flights.
Facilities
The airport covers 5 ...
's ICAO identifier
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Kona Town,'' an album by the band Pepper
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Kona Grill
Kona Grill, Inc. is an upscale casual restaurant company based in Denver, Colorado serving American cuisine, sushi, and cocktails. The company owns and operates around 40 restaurants in 23 U.S. states, as well as three international locations ope ...
, a restaurant chain based in Scottsdale, Arizona
* An open-source implementation of the
K programming language
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''Kona'' (video game), a video game developed by Parabole
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Kona Bicycle Company
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Kona International Airport
Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole is the busiest airport on the Island of Hawaii. It is located in Kalaoa CDP, Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, near the town of Kailua-Kona. The airport serves leeward (western) Hawai ...
in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
See also
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Cona (disambiguation)
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Ironman World Championship
The Ironman World Championship has been held annually in Hawaii since 1978, with an additional race in 1982. It is owned and organized by the World Triathlon Corporation. It is the annual culmination of a series of Ironman triathlon qualification ...
, a triathlon held in the Kona District of Hawaii
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Konna
Konna is a town and rural commune in the Cercle of Mopti in the Mopti Region of Mali. The town lies 60 km northeast of Mopti on the eastern edge of the flood plain of the Niger River. The main RN16 highway linking Sévaré and Gao branche ...
, a town in Mali
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