Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
- Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Maori taumata-whakatangi-hanga-koauau-o-Tamatea-turi-pukaka-piki-maunga-horo-nuku-pokai-whenua-ki-tana-tahu (“The hill where the great traveller (Chief) Tamatea with the bony knees, who slid and climbed mountains, played his flute to his beloved”).
Proper noun
[edit]Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
- A hill near Pōrangahau, in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
Synonyms
[edit]- Taumata (truncated form)
Translations
[edit]a hill in New Zealand
See also
[edit]long English-language placenames