Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bay of plenty

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English

Syllables
bay of -plen-ty
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A wide bay on the northern side of the North Island, New Zealand.

name

A region surrounding the bay in North Island, New Zealand.

Etymology

From bay (“embayment”) + plenty (“abundant food”). Coined by James Cook in 1769, from observations of plentiful amounts of food in the villages surrounding the bay.

Inflected Forms

the Bay of Plenty (canonical)

Synonyms

Te Moana-a-Toi

Questions

What does bay of plenty mean?
A wide bay on the northern side of the North Island, New Zealand.
Where does bay of plenty come from?
From bay (“embayment”) + plenty (“abundant food”). Coined by James Cook in 1769, from observations of plentiful amounts of food in the villages surrounding the bay.

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