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Lake Wakatipu

Lake Wakatipu proper noun: a long zigzag-shaped finger lake in Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand; its outlet is the Kawarau River.

Proper noun

Lake Wakatipu

  1. A long zigzag-shaped finger lake in Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand; its outlet is the Kawarau River.

Origin of Lake Wakatipu

Borrowed from Māori Whakatipu.

Questions about Lake Wakatipu

What does Lake Wakatipu mean?
Lake Wakatipu means a long zigzag-shaped finger lake in Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand; its outlet is the Kawarau River.
What part of speech is Lake Wakatipu?
Lake Wakatipu is a proper noun.

Words near Lake Wakatipu in the dictionary

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