Etymology

Niue

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Today it means: An island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand. Official name: Republic of Niue. Capital: Alofi. Full definition →

niu Niuē
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The story

  1. niu · borrowed fromNiuē“behold the coconut palm”
  2. English todayNiue

From Niuean Niuē (“behold the coconut palm”), from niu (“coconut”) + ē (“o (vocative particle)”).

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