Kona or KONA may refer to:

People

Kona (surname) Kona is an telugu people, Telugu 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 V ...

Dilshad Nahar Kona Dilshad Nahar Kona (born 15 April 1981; 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 Ko ...

, Bangladeshi singer also known as Kona

Fictional characters

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) bef ...

, a 1960s comic book character

Places

Kona District, Hawaii Kona is a ''moku'' or district on the Hawaii (island), Big Island of Hawaii in the State of Hawaii, known for its Kona coffee and the Ironman World Championship Triathlon. In the administration of Hawaii County, Hawaii County, the ''moku'' of K ...

, US; on the western coast of the island of Hawaii. ''Kona'' means "Leeward" in Hawaiian. In Ancient Hawaii each island had a "Kona" district. *

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Kailua-Kona is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. It is most commonly referred to simply as Kona (a name it shares wit ...

, US; sometimes called ''Kona Town'' *

Kona, Kentucky Kona is an unincorporated community and coal town in Letcher County, Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United ...

, US * Kona, North Carolina, US * Kona Department, a department in Mouhoun Province, Burkina Faso * Kona, Ashanti, a small town in the

Sekyere South District Sekyere South Municipal is one of the eighteen municipals 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 * Alternative spelling of Konah, a town in Guinea *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. It has thousands of years of rich heritage in the form of the great Bengali kingdom of Bhurshut. ...

in West Bengal, India *

Colossae Colossae (; ) was an ancient city of Phrygia in southern Asia Minor (Anatolia), Turkey. The Epistle to the Colossians, an early Christian text which identifies its author as Paul the Apostle, is addressed to the church in Colossae. A significa ...

or Kona, an ancient city of Phrygia

Facilities and structures

Kona International Airport Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole is the primary airport on the Hawaii (island), Island of Hawaiʻi, located in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States. The airport serves leeward (western) Hawaii (island), ...

in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, US *

Kona Skatepark Kona Skatepark is a skateboard skatepark, park in the Arlington (Jacksonville), Arlington area of Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It was built during the 1970s skateboarding boom, when many other cities opened their first skateparks. Ska ...

in Jacksonville, Florida, US *

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 ...

(ICAO airport code KONA), Minnesota, US

Broadcast callsigns

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, weathe ...

, a radio station in Kennewick, Washington *

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 Compa ...

, a radio station in Kennewick, Washington *

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

Arts and entertainment

* ''Kona'' (TV series), a Kenyan telenovela that premiered in 2013 * ''Kona'' (video game), a 2017 video game developed by Parabole

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 singer and songwriter. Aside from a lengthy solo career, he has been a member of such Ice ...

* "Kona", 2018 single from the album ''

Limpopo Champions League ''Limpopo Champions League'' is the debut studio album by South African rapper Sho Madjozi. It was released on 14 December 2018 by Flourish and Multiply. Background In an interview with Elle Magazine ''South Africa'', Sho Madjozi said that her d ...

'' by South African musician Sho Madjozi

Groups, organizations, companies

Signal Intelligence Regiment (KONA) The Signal Intelligence Regiment () (KONA) was the basic element of the field organisation of the German Army (German Army (1935–1945), Heer) signals intelligence organization during World War II. The KONA regiment were mobile communication r ...

, German Signal intelligence regiment (abbr. KONA), during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

Kona Brewing Company Kona Brewing Hawaii is a brewery and pub headquartered in Kailua-Kona on Hawaii's Big Island with a sister location in Hawai‘i Kai on O‘ahu. Formerly owned by Craft Brew Alliance, Kona is now owned by PV Brewing Partners since September 202 ...

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 *

Kona Bicycle Company Kona Bikes is a bicycle company based in the Pacific Northwest. The company was founded in 1988 by Dan Gerhard, Jacob Heilbron and Jimbo Holmstrom in Vancouver, BC. Their world headquarters are in Ferndale, Washington, with Canadian distribution ...

Brands, products

* An open-source implementation of the

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* Kyocera ''Kona'', a

flip phone Clamshell design is a form factor commonly used in the design of electronic devices and other manufactured objects. It is inspired by the morphology of the clam. The form factor has been applied to handheld game consoles, mobile phones (where ...

manufactured by Kyocera * Hyundai ''Kona'', a crossover SUV automotive vehicle * Kona Ice, shaved ice truck

Other

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 *

Kona storm Kona storms (also called Kona lows) are a type of seasonal cyclone in the Hawaiian Islands, usually formed in the winter from winds coming from the westerly "kona" (normally leeward) direction. They are mainly cold core cyclones, which places th ...

, a weather event in Hawaii