Concept information
Preferred term
kona
Type
-
http://www.irandoc.ac.ir/onto/irandoc-meta/Concept
Broader concept
Definitions
- A stormy, rain-bringing wind from the southwest or south-southwest in Hawaii. It blows about five times a year on the southwest slopes that are in the lee of the prevailing northeast trade winds. Kona is the Polynesian word for ?leeward.? It is associated with a southward or a southeastward swing of the Aleutian low and the passage of a secondary depression (kona cyclone) from northwest to southeast, north of the islands.
Obsolete
- false
In other languages
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Persian
URI
http://www.irandoc.acir/onto/irandoc/SWEETT18178
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