Piripane

Maori

Etymology

Borrowed from English Brisbane.

Proper noun

Piripane

1. Brisbane (the capital of Queensland, Australia)

   Ā nōnāianei anō ia ka mau i Piripane, i te tāone nui o te tai whakarunga o Ahitereiria.

   And he will now be held in Brisbane, the main city on Australia's north coast.

References

“Piripane” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.