Tāonewhīra

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Maori

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Townsville.

Proper noun

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Tāonewhīra

  1. Townsville (a city in Queensland, Australia)
    I puta tētahi hau tāwhiowhio ki te takiwā o Tāonewhīra i Ahitereiria.
    A cyclone struck the area around Townsville in Australia.

References

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Tāonewhīra” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.