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Pronunciation of Aotearoa in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
| aa | is pronounced as | aa | in car | |
| oh | is pronounced as | o | in so | |
| t | is pronounced as | t | in to | |
| ai | is pronounced as | ai | in pain | |
| r | is pronounced as | r | in rat |
Phonetic Spelling:[ aa oh t ai aa r oh aa ]
aa
oh
t
ai
aa
r
oh
aa
car
so
to
pain
car
rat
so
car
Type of Name:
Name of Country
Language:
Maori
Alternate Spelling(s):
N/A
Meaning:
Land of the Long White Cloud/New Zealand
Additional Information:
In some traditional stories, Aotearoa was the name of the canoe (waka) of the explorer Kupe, and he named the land after it. Kupe's wife Kuramārōtini (in some versions, his daughter) was watching the horizon and called "He ao! He ao!" ("a cloud! a cloud!").[7] Other versions say the canoe was guided by a long white cloud in the course of the day and by a long bright cloud at night. On arrival, the sign of land to Kupe's crew was the long cloud hanging over it. The cloud caught Kupe's attention and he said "Surely is a point of land". Due to the cloud which greeted them, Kupe named the land Aotearoa.
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Pronunciation of Aotearoa in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
AH-o-TAY-ah-ro-ah
Type of Name:
Name of Country
Language:
Maori
Alternate Spelling(s):
N/A
Meaning:
Land of the Long White Cloud/New Zealand
Additional Information:
In some traditional stories, Aotearoa was the name of the canoe (waka) of the explorer Kupe, and he named the land after it. Kupe's wife Kuramārōtini (in some versions, his daughter) was watching the horizon and called "He ao! He ao!" ("a cloud! a cloud!").[7] Other versions say the canoe was guided by a long white cloud in the course of the day and by a long bright cloud at night. On arrival, the sign of land to Kupe's crew was the long cloud hanging over it. The cloud caught Kupe's attention and he said "Surely is a point of land". Due to the cloud which greeted them, Kupe named the land Aotearoa.
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