# Wanganui

> English word · Proper noun · IPA [ˈwɒŋanʉi] · frequency rank #89,006

## Definitions
1. A city and territorial authority in Manawatū-Whanganui region, on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.
2. A major river in the Manawatū-Whanganui region, North Island, New Zealand, which flows into the Tasman Sea at Wanganui. Official name: Whanganui River.
3. A river in the West Coast region, South Island, New Zealand, which also flows into the Tasman Sea.
4. A locality in the Byron council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.

## Etymology
From Māori Whanganui. The spelling of Sense 1 and Sense 2 reflects a dialectal realization of the ⟨wh⟩ phoneme as [ˀw] in Taranaki and Manawatū-Whanganui.

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