English
Etymology
Borrowed from Maori taumata-whakatangi-hanga-koauau-o-Tamatea-turi-pukaka-piki-maunga-horo-nuku-pokai-whenua-ki-tana-tahu (“The hill where the great traveller (Chief) Tamatea with the bony knees, who slid and climbed mountains, played his flute to his beloved”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtau.ma.ta.faka.ta.ŋi.ha.ŋaˌkɔ.au.au.ɔ.ta.ma.te.a.tu.ɾi.pʉ.ka.ka.pi.ki.mau.ŋa.ho.ɾo.nʉ.kʉ.pɔ.kai.fe.nʉ.a.ki.ta.na.ta.hʉ]
- Hyphenation: Tau‧ma‧ta‧whaka‧ta‧ngi‧ha‧nga‧ko‧au‧au‧o‧ta‧ma‧te‧a‧tu‧ri‧pu‧ka‧ka‧pi‧ki‧mau‧nga‧ho‧ro‧nu‧ku‧po‧kai‧whe‧nu‧a‧ki‧ta‧na‧ta‧hu
Proper noun
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
- A hill near Pōrangahau, in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
2024 December 4, “This place in NZ has such a long name that most people can't pronounce it”, in Times of India[1]:If you thought Wytrzyszczka was a mouthful, wait till you try saying Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
Synonyms
Translations
a hill in New Zealand
- Arabic: توماتاوهاكاتانجيهانجاكواوتاماتيابوكيوهينواكيتاناتاهو
- Azerbaijani: Taumatafakatanqihanqakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaunqahoronukupokaifenuakitanatahu
- Bulgarian: Тауматафакатангихангакоауауотаматеатурипукакапикимаунгахоронукупокаиуенуакитанатаху (bg) (Taumatafakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiuenuakitanatahu)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 陶馬塔瓦卡坦吉漢加科阿瓦沃塔馬特阿波凱韋努阿基塔納塔胡 / 陶马塔瓦卡坦吉汉加科阿瓦沃塔马特阿波凯韦努阿基塔纳塔胡
- Danish: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
- Greek: Ταουματαγκουακατανγκιχανγκακαουαουοταματεατουριπουκακαπικιμαουνγκαχορονουκουποκαιγουενουακιταναταχου n (Taoumatagkouakatangkichangkakaouaouotamateatouripoukakapikimaoungkachoronoukoupokaigouenouakitanatachou)
- Hebrew: טאומטאווקאטאנגיהנגקואוואווטמטאפוקאיוונואקיטאנאטאהו
- Japanese: タウマタファカタンギハンガコアウアウオタマテアポカイフェヌアキタナタフ
- Korean: 타우마타와카탕이항아코아우아우오타마테아투리푸카카피키마웅아호로누쿠포카이웨누아키타나타후 (taumatawakatang'ihang'akoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaung'ahoronukupokaiwenuakitanatahu)
- Maori: taumata-whakatangihanga-koauau-o-Tamatea-turi-pukaka-piki-maunga-horo-nuku-pokai-whenua-ki-tana-tahu
- Persian: تائوماتاوهاکاتانگیهانگاکوآئوآئووُتاماتهآپوکائیوهنوآکیتاناتاهو
- Russian: Тауматауакатангиангакоауауотаматеатурипукакапикимаунгахоронукупокануэнуакитанатаху (ru) (Taumatauakatangiangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungaxoronukupokanuenuakitanataxu)
- Spanish: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu (es) m
- Swedish: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu c
- Thai: ตาอูมาตาวากาตังกิฮังกาโกอูเอาอูตามาทีอาโปกาอิเวนัวกิตานาตาฮู (taa-oo-maa-taa-waa-gaa-tang-gì-hang-gaa-goh-oo-ao-oo-taa-maa-tee-aa-poh-gaa-i-way-nua-gì-taa-naa-taa-hoo)
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