Place:Kailua, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

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NameKailua
Alt namesLanikaisource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS15001629
TypeCensus-designated place
Coordinates21.398°N 157.739°W
Located inHonolulu, Hawaii, United States
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Kailua is a census-designated place (CDP) in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States. It lies in the of the island of on the windward coast at Kailua Bay. It is in the judicial district and the ahupua'a named Ko'olaupoko. It is northeast of Honolulu – over Nu‘uanu Pali.

In the Hawaiian language Kailua means "two seas" or "two currents", a contraction of the words kai (meaning "sea" or "sea water") and elua (meaning "two"); it is so named because of the two former fishponds in the district (Kawainui and ) or the two currents which run through Kailua Bay.

Kailua is primarily a residential community, with a centralized commercial district along Kailua Road. The population was 50,000 in 1992. In 2017 census, the population had dropped to 38,000. The population was 40,514 at the 2020 census.

Places of note in Kailua include Kailua Beach Park, , Kawainui Marsh, Maunawili Falls, and Marine Corps Base Hawaii. It was home to Barack Obama’s winter White House.

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