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Te Waipounamu

/ tə hwaɪˈpoːnɑːmuː /

noun

  1. 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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