Aotearoa

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Māori Aotearoa (“long white cloud; North Island; New Zealand”), see there for more. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (New Zealand) /aʊ.tɪəˈrɐʉ.a/, (prescribed) /aʊ.teəˈroː.a/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɑː.əʊ.teəˈrəʊ.ə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌaʊ.ti.əˈɹoʊ.ə/, /ˌɑ.oʊ.ti.əˈroʊ.ə/ (Australian) IPA(key): /aʊˌtæɪ.əˈrɐʉ.ə/ === Proper noun === Aotearoa (chiefly New Zealand) (obsolete) The North Island of New Zealand. Synonym: North Island New Zealand, a country in Oceania; the Māori name, used especially in a Polynesian or precolonial context. Synonyms: Aotearoa New Zealand, New Zealand For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Aotearoa. ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === Kiwi === Further reading === H. W. Orsman, editor (1997), The Dictionary of New Zealand English: A Dictionary of New Zealandisms on Historical Principles, Auckland: Oxford University Press T. Deverson, G. Kennedy, editors (2005), The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary, Victoria: Oxford University Press M. King (2004), The Penguin History of New Zealand, Auckland: Penguin Books == Hawaiian == === Alternative forms === Aokealoa === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Māori Aotearoa in the 20th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌao̯ˌke.aˈlo.a/, [ˌɐo̯ˌkɛ.jəˈlo.wə] === Proper noun === Aotearoa New Zealand (a country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia) Synonym: Nukilani == Māori == === Alternative forms === Ao-tea-roa === Etymology === Possibly from ao (“cloud; daytime; world”) +‎ tea (“white”) +‎ roa (“long, tall”); often translated as “the land of the long white cloud” (the assumption presumably being that the phrase referred to a mountainous land seen on the horizon from a canoe, after an ocean voyage). The term may have originally referred to the North Island only. The original name used by the indigenous Polynesian population was Te Ika-nui-a-Māui or Te Ika-a-Māui (“The great fish of Maui”); from te (definite article) +‎ ika (“fish”) +‎ nui (“big, great, large”) +‎ a (possessive particle) +‎ Māui (“a Polynesian demigod”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aoˈtearoa/ [ɐɔˈtɛɐɾɔɐ] === Proper noun === Aotearoa New Zealand (a country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia) The national anthem of New Zealand, God Defend New Zealand (obsolete) North Island (of New Zealand) ==== Synonyms ==== Niu Tīreni ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: Aotearoa → Hawaiian: Aotearoa, Aokealoa → Korean: 아오테아로아 (aotearoa) → Paiwan: Autearua → Tahitian: Aotearoa === Further reading === John C. Moorfield (2011), “Aotearoa”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Aotearoa ? Aotearoa (new Zealand, a country in Oceania; the Māori name, used especially in a Polynesian or precolonial context) Synonym: Nova Zelândia