Whenuatū
Maori
Etymology
Calque of
Bislama
Vanuatu
, equivalent to
whenua
(
“
land
”
)
+
tū
(
“
to stand
”
)
.
Proper noun
Whenuatū
Vanuatu
(a
country
and
archipelago
of
Melanesia
in
Oceania
)