Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name

A hill near Pōrangahau, in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

Pronunciation

[ˈtau.ma.ta.faka.ta.ŋi.ha.ŋaˌkɔ.au.au.ɔ.ta.ma.te.a.tu.ɾi.pʉ.ka.ka.pi.ki.mau.ŋa.ho.ɾo.nʉ.kʉ.pɔ.kai.fe.nʉ.a.ki.ta.na.ta.hʉ]

Word forms

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori taumata-whakatangi-hanga-kōauau-o-Tamatea-turi-pūkaka-piki-maunga-horo-nuku-pōkai-whenua-ki-tāna-tahu (“The hill where (the ancestor) Tamatea with the bony knees, who climbed mountains and travelled swiftly across the land, played his flute to his beloved”).

Synonyms

Taumata

Related words

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

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