Palm trees sway in the evening breeze on the way to Makalawena Beach near Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. From Wikipedia Online Encyclopedia: Kona is the name of a moku or district on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi in the State of Hawaii. In the current system of administration of Hawaii County, the moku of Kona is divided into North Kona District (Kona Akau) and South Kona District (Kona Hema). The term "Kona" is sometimes used incorrectly to refer to its largest town, Kailua-Kona. Other towns in Kona include Kealakekua, Keauhou, Holualoa, Hōnaunau and Honalo. In the Hawaiian language, kona means leeward or dry side of the island, as opposed to koolau which means windward or the wet side of the island. In the times of Ancient Hawaiʻi, Kona was the name of the leeward district on each major island. In Hawaii, the Pacific anticyclone provides moist prevailing northeasterly winds to the Hawaiian islands, resulting in rain when the winds contact the windward landmass of the islands - the winds subsequently lose their moisture and travel on to the leeward (or Kona) side of the island.