Rotorua

English

Alternative forms

• Roturua

Proper noun

Rotorua

1. A city and capital of Rotorua Lakes district, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua
   • 2002 May 27, Lynn Barber, “Just the spot... for jumping off a cliff”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 2014-09-09:

     New Zealanders call Rotorua Roto Vegas but that's pushing it a bit - Roto Blackpool maybe.

   • 2009 August 17, Peter Calder, “Fat Dog Cafe, Rotorua”, in NZ Herald‎^[2], archived from the original on 2025-01-23:

     Not everyone in Rotorua is happy with the name Rotovegas (sometimes Roto-Vegas).

2. Ellipsis of Lake Rotorua.; A lake in Rotorua district, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand

   Synonym: Lake Rotorua

3. Synonym of Rotorua Lakes, a district in Bay of Plenty region, New Zealand. Seat: Rotorua
4. Ellipsis of Lake Rotorua.; A lake in Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

   Synonym: Lake Rotorua

Derived terms

• Lake Rotorua
• Rotorua District
• Rotorua Lake
• Rotorua Lakes
• Rotorua Lakes District

Anagrams

• oratour, outroar, roar out

Maori

Proper noun

Rotorua

1. Rotorua (a city in New Zealand)

Rarotongan

Etymology

From Maori Rotorua.

Proper noun

Rotorua

1. Rotorua (a city in New Zealand)

References

• “Rotorua” in Cook Islands Languages, 2016.