# Aotearoa

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /aʊ.tɪəˈrɐʉ.a/ · frequency rank #79,259

## Definitions
1. The North Island of New Zealand.
2. New Zealand, a country in Oceania; the Māori name, used especially in a Polynesian or precolonial context.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Māori Aotearoa (“long white cloud; North Island; New Zealand”), see there for more.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/aotearoa