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Kailua /kaÉªËluËÉ/ is a census-designated place in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States. It lies in the KoÊ»olaupoko District of the island of OÊ»ahu on the windward coast at Kailua Bay. It is in the judicial district and the ahupua'a named Ko'olaupoko. It is 12 miles northeast of Honolulu â over Nuâuanu Pali. The population was 38,635 at the 2010 census. In the Hawaiian language Kailua means two seas or two currents, a contraction of the words kai and Ê»elua; it is so named ...