aotearoa
/ˌaʊ.ti.əˈɹoʊ.ə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.15 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
New Zealand, a country in Oceania; the Māori name, used especially in a Polynesian or precolonial context.
New Zealand usage
Example Sentences
- "he found in the sea this island Aotearoa (the northern island of New Zealand), and he thought he would land there."
- "Aotearoa / rugged individual / glistening like a pearl / at the bottom of the world [...]."
- "The Maori in Aotearoa (the pair of major islands which Europeans have known as New Zealand) were part of the same oceanic culture."
- "You were a professor at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo and I know you went to Aotearoa to have some time there and gain some experiences."
- "There then arose a triangle of settlement across the vast Pacific, which had as its points Hawai‘i, Rapa Nui and Aotearoa."
- ""We set a target for ourselves, Aotearoa, you've done it, but let's keep going," Ardern said, using a Maori name for New Zealand at a vaccination site, according to the Newshub news service."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌaʊ.ti.əˈɹoʊ.ə/
- British English: /ˌɑː.əʊ.teəˈrəʊ.ə/