Aotearoa
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aotearoa-184-3242848
title:
Aotearoa
text:
Aotearoa is the Māori-language name for New Zealand. The name was originally used by Māori in reference only to the North Island, with the whole country being referred to as Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu – where Te Ika-a-Māui means North Island, and Te Waipounamu means South Island. In the pre-European era, Māori did not have a collective name for the two islands. Several meanings for Aotearoa have been proposed; the most popular translation usually given is "land of the long white cloud", or variat
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encyclopedia
description:
Māori name for New Zealand
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aotearoa
date created:
2002-06-30T10:08:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T05:16:47Z
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