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Taupo

[ tou-poh ]

noun

  1. Lake, a lake in N New Zealand, in the central part of North Island: largest lake in New Zealand. About 234 sq. mi. (605 sq. km).


Taupo

/ ˈtaʊpəʊ /

noun

  1. Lake Taupo
    a lake in New Zealand, on central North Island: the largest lake of New Zealand. Area: 616 sq km (238 sq miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

This makes them similar to the supervolcanoes of Yellowstone in the US and Taupo in New Zealand.

Royal picked me up at the Huka Lodge, a luxe inn on a rushing river near Lake Taupo on the North Island.

Two faced certain death in the endeavour to carry the Gospel to the Taupo heathen, and met their fate with cheerful courage.

We arrived early in Taupo, being anxious to secure the best seats in the mail coach for to-morrow's drive.

Six miles beyond Weirakei is Taupo Lake, a great lake, twenty-five miles long.

At one of these meetings two chiefs volunteered to carry the Gospel to a hostile tribe at Taupo.

He could not have guessed, but for hearing the word "Taupo" repeatedly uttered between the chief and his warriors.

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