Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa
Maori
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From moana (“sea”) + nui (“great”) + Kiwa (“given name”), literally “The Great Sea of Kiwa”. From being named in honor of Kiwa, the mythological guardian of the ocean.
Proper noun
[edit]- Pacific Ocean (An ocean, the world's largest body of water, to the east of Asia and Australasia and to the west of the Americas)