Waimea Explained

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

Hawaii, United States

• 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

• 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

• Waimea College, Richmond, Tasman, New Zealand
• Waimea High School, Kauai, Hawaii
• Waimea Intermediate, Richmond, Tasman, New Zealand

Flora and fauna

• 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

• 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