Tuna

== English == === Pronunciation === (General Australian, UK) enPR: tyo͞o'nə, IPA(key): /ˈtjuː.nə/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈtjuːnə/, /ˈtuːnə/, /ˈtʉ.nɐ/ (US) enPR: to͞o'nə, IPA(key): /ˈtu.nə/, /ˈtju.nə/ Rhymes: -uːnə === Etymology 1 === From Swedish Tuna, from Old Norse Tuna, from tún (“enclosure, enclosed area, settlement”). ==== Proper noun ==== Tuna Various towns and (historical) former settlements in Sweden. ===== Related terms ===== Tune (the equivalent Danish and Norwegian placename) === Etymology 2 === From Māori Tuna. ==== Proper noun ==== Tuna (Maori mythology) A god, considered the son of Manga-wai-roa and source of eels. === References === 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 H. W. Orsman, editor (1997), The Dictionary of New Zealand English: A Dictionary of New Zealandisms on Historical Principles, Auckland: Oxford University Press Per Vikstrand & al. (2023), "Tuna Revisited", Research Projects of the Dept. of Archaeology at the University of Uppsala. === Anagrams === -naut, aunt, naut., tuan == Māori == === Alternative forms === Tūna Tuna-roa === Etymology === From tuna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtuna/ [ˈtʉnɐ] === Proper noun === Tuna (Maori mythology) An eel-god, the son of Manga-wai-roa, one of the lesser Maori deities who lived in a water hole called Muri-wai-o-ata. === References === “Tuna” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN. == Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish طونه (Tuna). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tuna/ === Proper noun === Tuna a female given name a male given name Danube (a river in Europe) ==== Declension ====