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Te Waipounamu

/ tə hwaɪˈpoːnɑːmuː /

noun

  1. a Māori name for New Zealand's South Island
“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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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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