Etymology

Te Moana-a-Toi

Today it means: A bay and sea in the Bay of Plenty region, North Island, New Zealand. Full definition →

Māori Te Moana-a-Toi
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The story

  1. Māori · borrowed fromTe Moana-a-Toi
  2. English todayTe Moana-a-Toi

From Māori Te Moana-a-Toi (literally “Sea of Toi”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.