Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whakatane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables: whakatane
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in the Bay of Plenty region, North Island, New Zealand.

name

A river in the Bay of Plenty region, New Zealand, which flows into the Bay of Plenty at Whakatane; in full, Whakatane River.

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori Whakatāne.

Inflected Forms

Whakatāne (alternative)

Questions

What does whakatane mean?: A town in the Bay of Plenty region, North Island, New Zealand.
Where does whakatane come from?: Borrowed from Māori Whakatāne.

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