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Gisborne

American  
[giz-bern] / ˈgɪz bərn /

noun

  1. a seaport on E North Island, in N New Zealand.


Gisborne British  
/ ˈɡɪzbən /

noun

  1. a port in N New Zealand, on E North Island on Poverty Bay. Pop: 44 900 (2004 est)

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In the Matawai settlement in Gisborne, nearly 400 residents were without power overnight, the agency said and recommended the residents at Hikuwai River's Willowflat area to evacuate due to its rising flow.

From Reuters • Jan. 10, 2023

The Australian Federal Police arrested him on Tuesday near the town of Gisborne, about an hour north-west of Melbourne.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2021

But Gisborne does not include novels among his "improving books" — like many of those who have written on the possible dangers of reading fiction for women.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2021

Fragments have also recently been found in wastewater at the satellite Melbourne suburb of Pakenham, rural Gisborne, Hamilton in the state’s southwest and the South Gippsland town of Leongatha.

From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 2021

Four years later she informed Mrs. Gisborne that the three girls had been simultaneously in love with Shelley, and that Fanny’s death was due to jealousy of Mary!

From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) by Marshall, Florence A. Thomas