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n., A village on the coast of Kawaihae, Hawaiʻi.

Village, quadrangle, bay, point; land divisions and flume, Kohala and Waipiʻo qds., Hawaiʻi. About 3,000 petroglyph units are in the Kohala area (Cox and Stasack 85). The dog thief, Pupualenalena, lived in one of these places (HM 349–351; For. 4:558–561). Two stones in the sea at an unidentified Puakō in the Kaʻū district would turn over upon the death of a chief. Shortly before the death of Kamehameha they turned completely over, and on the day of his death one of them, Pōhaku-o-kai, was deposited on dry land. On the day Queen Emma died, it was lifted by a wave to the water's edge. Pōhaku-o-kai (stone [from over-] seas) was believed to have come from Kahiki. The other stone was named Pōhaku-o-Hulu. A sharkman lived here, ʻĪwahaʻouʻou (supreme one [with] projecting mouth).

• Literally, sugarcane blossom.
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  • See Koaʻekea.

1. Bay, beach, Puakō, Hawaiʻi. Narrow calcareous sand beach on the long rock bench that lines the bay. Six public rights-of-way lead to the beach from Puakō Road.
2. Ramp, Puakō, Hawaiʻi. Facilities include a ramp and loading dock, a pier, and a vessel washdown area.
3. Petroglyph archaeological park, Puakō, Hawaiʻi. The 233-acre petroglyph park, with some three thousand individual rock carvings, is one of the three largest on the Big Island. The other large fields are ʻAnaehoʻomalu at Waikoloa Resort and Puʻuloa in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Puakō Petroglyph Archaeological Park is accessed through Holoholokai Beach Park.

• Literally, sugarcane blossom.