Aotearoa
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Maori Aotearoa (“long white cloud; North Island; New Zealand”), see there for more.
Pronunciation
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Aotearoa (New Zealand): (file)
Proper noun
Aotearoa
- (chiefly New Zealand, obsolete) The North Island of New Zealand.
- Synonym: North Island
- 1855, Sir George Grey, Polynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the New Zealand race: as furnished by their priests and chiefs[1]:
- he found in the sea this island Aotearoa (the northern island of New Zealand), and he thought he would land there.
- (chiefly New Zealand) New Zealand.
- Synonyms: Aotearoa New Zealand, New Zealand
- 1981, Split Enz (lyrics and music), “Six Months in a Leaky Boat”:
- Aotearoa / rugged individual / glistens like a pearl at the bottom of the world [...].
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, page 877:
- The Maori in Aotearoa (the pair of major islands which Europeans have known as New Zealand) were part of the same oceanic culture.
Derived terms
See also
References
- H. W. Orsman, editor (1997), The Dictionary of New Zealand English: A Dictionary of New Zealandisms on Historical Principles, Auckland: Oxford University Press
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- M. King (2004) The Penguin History of New Zealand, Auckland: Penguin Books
Hawaiian
Etymology
Borrowed from Maori Aotearoa in the 20th century.
Proper noun
- New Zealand
- Synonym: Nukilani
Maori
Etymology
Possibly from ao (“cloud, daytime, world”) + tea (“white”) + roa (“long, tall”); often translated as “the land of the long white cloud”. Assuming this is probably a reference to the appearance of mountainous land when seen on the horizon from a canoe after an ocean voyage. Originally was in reference to the North Island only. The first recorded mention of Aotearoa as a name for New Zealand as a whole was in 1898 in The Long White Cloud Ao-tea-roa by William Pember Reeves.
The original name known by the indigenous Polynesian population was Te Ika Nui A Maui or Te Ika-a-Māui (“The great fish of Maui”); from te (“the”) + ika (“fish”) + nui (“big, great, large”) + a (“of”) + Māui (a Polynesian demigod).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aotearoa
- (obsolete) North Island (of New Zealand)
- New Zealand
Derived terms
- Aotearoa Tuatahi
- Ara Poutama Aotearoa
- Ararau Aotearoa
- Kaunihera Māori o Aotearoa
- Mana Arotake Aotearoa
- Mana Rapuara Aotearoa
- Paerewa Aotearoa
- Pāremata Aotearoa
- Penihana Aotearoa
- Pirihimana o Aotearoa
- Poirewa Aotearoa
- Rōpū Aotearoa Tuatahi
- Rōpū Ture o Aotearoa
- Tatauranga Aotearoa
- Toi Aotearoa
- Toi Māori Aotearoa
- Uruwhenua o Aotearoa
- Waka Rererangi Aotearoa
- Wānanga o Aotearoa
References
- “Aotearoa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Portuguese
Proper noun
Aotearoa f
- Aotearoa (Maori name of New Zealand)
- Synonym: Nova Zelândia
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