Waimea
Appearance
Waimea is a common place name in Hawaii and New Zealand. In Hawaiian, it means reddish water; in Māori it means forgotten or hidden stream. It may refer to:
Places
[edit]Hawaii, United States
[edit]- Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii, (Big Island, post office "Kamuela")
- Waimea-Kohala Airport, Hawaii County
- Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii
- Waimea Bay, Oahu
- Waimea Canyon State Park, Kauai
- Waimea Ditch, Kauai
- Waimea River (Kauai)
- Waimea River (Oahu)
- Waimea Valley, Oahu
New Zealand
[edit]- Waimea Inlet, Tasman Bay
- Waimea Plain (Southland)
- Waimea Plains (Tasman)
- Waimea (New Zealand electorate), historic electorate
- Waimea-Picton, historic electorate
- Waimea-Sounds (New Zealand electorate), historic electorate
- Waimea River (Southland)
- Waimea River (Tasman)
Schools
[edit]- Waimea College, Richmond, Tasman, New Zealand
- Waimea High School, Kauai, Hawaii
- Waimea Intermediate, Richmond, Tasman, New Zealand
Flora and fauna
[edit]- Perrottetia sandwicensis (common name waimea or olomea), a shrub in the genus Perrottetia native to Hawaii
- Waimea pipturus, a Hawaiian flowering nettle
- Waimea phyllostegia, a Hawaiian species of mint
Other
[edit]- Archdeacon of Waimea, an ecclesiastical post in New Zealand
- Waimea House, a historic residence in Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
- Waimea Plains Railway, Southland, New Zealand