Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waihopai

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wai-hopai
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river in Marlborough, New Zealand, which is a tributary of the Wairau River.

name

A river in Southland, New Zealand, which flows into an estuary at Invercargill.

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori.

Questions

What does waihopai mean?: A river in Marlborough, New Zealand, which is a tributary of the Wairau River.
Where does waihopai come from?: Borrowed from Māori.

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