# Waikato

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #48,008

## Definitions
1. A river in the Waikato region, North Island, New Zealand, emptying into the Tasman Sea; the longest in the country.
2. A region in northern New Zealand. Seat: Hamilton.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Māori.

## Common misspellings (9)
`awikato`, `waiakto`, `waikaot`, `waikatto`, `waikkato`, `waiktao`, `wakiato`, `wiakato`, `wwaikato`

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