aua

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noun

Aldrichetta forsteri, a mullet of the family Mugilidae.

OriginMāori aua →
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Meanings

aua1

nounaua (plural aua)
  1. New ZealandAldrichetta forsteri, a mullet of the family Mugilidae.

    When the eyes of those who fish for eels are closed, the eyes of those who fish for the aua are open.

    1855, Richard Taylor, Te Ika a Maui: Or, New Zealand and Its Inhabitants, page 133
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    The Picton Herring, a dried fish commonly known throughout the colony, is the Aua preserved by smoking.

    1872, Frederick Wollaston Hutton, Sir James Hector, Fishes of New Zealand: Catalogue with Diagnoses of the Species

AUA2

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismaeronauticsInitialism of Austrian Airlines, the ICAO code of the flag carrier of Austria and a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group.
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Origin

  1. Māoriaua
  2. Englishaua

Borrowed from Māori aua.

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APA

aua. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aua

MLA

“aua.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aua. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aua,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aua.

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