Etymology

Manawatu

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Today it means: A territorial authority of Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand. Full definition →

Māori manawa
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The story

  1. Māori · derived frommanawa
  2. English todayManawatu

From Māori manawa + tu.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.