Etymology

Tangiwai

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Today it means: A small rural community of the Ruapehu District, Manawatū-Whanganui region, New Zealand. New Zealand's worst rail disaster, the Tangiwai disaster, occurred nearby in 1953. Full definition →

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Borrowed from Māori.

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