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Etymology
Maori, long white cloud, from ao, cloud, daytime, world, tea#Maori|tea, white, and roa, long, tall; often translated as "the land of the long white cloud". Probably a reference to the appearance of mountainous land when seen on the horizon from a canoe after an ocean voyage. Allegedly the first English language mention was in the February 1916 New Zealand School Journal (King, 2004).

Pronunciation
audio|en-nz-aotearoa.ogg|Audio Pronunciation (note: This is an incorrect but common pronunciation)
IPA: /�a��teɪ�r���/
X-SAMPA: /%aU@teI"roU@/, /"aOtea"rOa/

Proper noun
Aotearoa (all senses are New Zealand English)

1. obsolete North Island (of New Zealand).
2. New Zealand (country).

Quotations
1981: Aotearoa / rugged individual / glistens like a pearl at the bottom of the world — Split Enz, Six Months in a Leaky Boat

Synonyms
(North Island): North Island
(New Zealand): Aotearoa New Zealand, New Zealand

Derived terms
Aotearoan

See also
Kiwi

References
The Dictionary of New Zealand English: A Dictionary of New Zealandisms on Historical Principles, H. W. Orsman (editor), Oxford University Press (Auckland), 1997.
The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary, T. Deverson & G. Kennedy (editors), Oxford University Press (Victoria), 2005
The Penguin History of New Zealand, M. King, Penguin Books (Auckland), 2004

Maori

Pronunciation
w:X-SAMPA|X-SAMPA: /"aOtea"rOa/ <br>

Proper noun
Aotearoa

1. obsolete|lang=mi North Island (of New Zealand)
2. New Zealand

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