# Waimea

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**Waimea** is a common place name in Hawaii and New Zealand. In [Hawaiian](/source/Hawaiian_language), it means reddish water; in [Māori](/source/M%C4%81ori_language) it means forgotten or hidden stream. It may refer to:

## Geographic features and towns

### Hawaii, United States

- [Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii](/source/Waimea,_Hawaii_County,_Hawaii), (Big Island; post office name "Kamuela") - [Waimea–Kohala Airport](/source/Waimea%E2%80%93Kohala_Airport), Hawaii County
- [Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii](/source/Waimea,_Kauai_County,_Hawaii)
- [Waimea Bay](/source/Waimea_Bay), Oahu
- [Waimea Canyon State Park](/source/Waimea_Canyon_State_Park), Kauai
- [Waimea Ditch](/source/Waimea_Ditch), Kauai
- [Waimea River (Kauai)](/source/Waimea_River_(Kauai))
- [Waimea River (Oahu)](/source/Waimea_River_(Oahu))
- [Waimea Valley](/source/Waimea_Valley), Oahu

### New Zealand

- [Waimea Inlet](/source/Waimea_Inlet), Tasman Bay
- [Waimea Plain (Southland)](/source/Waimea_Plain_(Southland))
- [Waimea Plains (Tasman)](/source/Waimea_Plains_(Tasman)) - [Waimea (electorate)](/source/Waimea_(electorate)), historic electorate - [Waimea-Picton](/source/Waimea-Picton), historic electorate - [Waimea-Sounds (electorate)](/source/Waimea-Sounds_(electorate)), historic electorate - [Waimea County](/source/Waimea_County), historic local government authority
- [Waimea River (Southland)](/source/Waimea_River_(Southland))
- [Waimea River (Tasman)](/source/Waimea_River_(Tasman))

## Schools

- [Waimea College](/source/Waimea_College), Richmond, Tasman, New Zealand
- [Waimea High School](/source/Waimea_High_School), Kauai, Hawaii
- [Waimea Intermediate](/source/Waimea_Intermediate), Richmond, Tasman, New Zealand

## Flora and fauna

- *[Perrottetia sandwicensis](/source/Perrottetia_sandwicensis)* (common name *waimea* or *olomea*), a shrub in the genus *[Perrottetia](/source/Perrottetia)* native to Hawaii
- [Waimea pipturus](/source/Waimea_pipturus), a Hawaiian flowering nettle
- [Waimea phyllostegia](/source/Waimea_phyllostegia), a Hawaiian species of mint

## Other

- [Archdeacon of Waimea](/source/Archdeacon_of_Waimea), an ecclesiastical post in New Zealand
- [Waimea House](/source/Waimea_House), a historic residence in Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
- [Waimea Plains Railway](/source/Waimea_Plains_Railway), Southland, New Zealand

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