Taupo

[ tou-poh ]

/ ˈtaʊ poʊ /

noun

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).

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Examples from the Web for taupo

Because the movements of the siva are natural, the body of the taupo is natural.
In the Track of the Trades|Lewis R. Freeman
The taupo or "village maiden" is a functionary as indispensable to a Samoan village as a chief, or even a missionary.
In the Track of the Trades|Lewis R. Freeman
The geographer could not have guessed if the word "Taupo," frequently repeated, had not attracted his attention.
In Search of the Castaways|Jules Verne
The Tongans marched up—about fifty of them—led by their taupo dressed in a fine mat and dancing as she came.
The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson|Nellie van De Grift Sanchez

A survey of the different dialects will confirm the conjecture, and nowhere can we get a better illustration than at Taupo.
Grammar of the New Zealand language (2nd edition)|Robert Maunsell

British Dictionary definitions for taupo

Taupo

/ (ˈtaʊpəʊ) /

noun

Lake Taupo a lake in New Zealand, on central North Island: the largest lake of New Zealand. Area: 616 sq km (238 sq miles)

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