Waimea
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Places

United States
  • Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii (post office Kamuela)
  • Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii
    Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii
    Waimea is a census-designated place in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 1,787 at the 2000 census...

  • Waimea Bay, Hawaii
    Waimea Bay, Hawaii
    Waimea Bay is located in Haleiwa on the North Shore of O‘ahu in the Hawaiian Islands at the mouth of the Waimea River. Waimea Valley extends behind Waimea Bay. Waimea means "Red Water" in Hawaiian.-History:...

     on Oahu
  • Waimea Canyon State Park
    Waimea Canyon State Park
    Waimea Canyon, also known as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific, is a large canyon, approximately ten miles long and up to 3,000 feet deep, located on the western side of Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands. Waimea is Hawaiian for "reddish water," a reference to the erosion of the canyon's red soil...

     on Kauai
  • Waimea Ditch
    Waimea Ditch
    The Waimea Ditch is an irrigation canal on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.In 1903, the Waimea Ditch was dug to divert water from the Waimea River to nearby sugar cane fields...

     on Kauai
  • Waimea River (Hawaii) on Kauai
  • Waimea Valley on Oahu


New Zealand
  • Waimea Plains
    Waimea Plains
    The Waimea Plains is the name of two areas of land at opposite ends of the South Island of New Zealand.-Waimea Plains, Tasman:The northern area with this name is a small but fertile area of low-lying land south of the city of Nelson...

    • Waimea (New Zealand electorate)
      Waimea (New Zealand electorate)
      Waimea was a parliamentary electorate in the Nelson Province of New Zealand, from 1853 to 1887.-Geographic coverage:Waimea was located in the northern part of the South Island, facing the Tasman Bay. It is the area around the town of Nelson, but excluded Nelson itself. It includes Wakefield,...

  • Waimea River, Southland
    Waimea River, Southland
    The Waimea River is a tributary of the Mataura River in Southland, New Zealand. The Waimea Plains around this river form part of the Southland Plains....

  • Waimea River, Tasman
    Waimea River, Tasman
    The Waimea River is located in the north of the South Island of New Zealand. It is formed from the confluence of the Wairoa River and the Wai-iti River, which meet near Brightwater, The combined waters flow into Tasman Bay to the northwest of Richmond, opposite Rabbit Island....


Other

  • Waimea, a window manager
    Window manager
    A window manager is system software that controls the placement and appearance of windows within a windowing system in a graphical user interface. Most window managers are designed to help provide a desktop environment...

     for the X Window System
    X Window System
    The X window system is a computer software system and network protocol that provides a basis for graphical user interfaces and rich input device capability for networked computers...

  • Waimea High School
    Waimea High School
    Waimea High School is a public high school in Waimea on the island of Kauai in the state of Hawaii. It was established in 1881 and serves grades 9 through 12. According to the Detroit Lions official website, it is the western most high school in the United States of America and therefore, the...

     on Kauai
  • Waimea College
    Waimea College
    Waimea College is a co-educational secondary school in Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand. With a growing roll of 1500+ students from year groups 9-13, Waimea College is equipped with a park-like campus and numerous facilities....

     in New Zealand
  • Waimea-Kohala Airport
    Waimea-Kohala Airport
    Waimea-Kohala Airport is an airport located one nautical mile southwest of Kamuela , an unincorporated town in Hawai‘i County, Hawai‘i, United States....

     Hawaii County, Hawaii
  • In Hawaiian
    Hawaiian language
    The Hawaiian language is a Polynesian language that takes its name from Hawaii, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. Hawaiian, along with English, is an official language of the state of Hawaii...

    , the olomea shrub, or sometimes the similar looking māmaki
    Pipturus albidus
    Pipturus albidus, known as Māmaki in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family, Urticaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It inhabits coastal mesic, mixed mesic, and wet forests at elevations of...

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