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Te Waipounamu
/ tə hwaɪˈpoːnɑːmuː /
noun
- a Māori name for New Zealand's South Island
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Te Waipounamu1
Māori, literally: water and greenstone, from the presence of this stone on the South Island
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