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Papanui

/pɑːpəˈnuːi/

Papanui proper noun: a suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Proper noun

Papanui

  1. A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Origin of Papanui

Borrowed from Māori.

Questions about Papanui

What does Papanui mean?
Papanui means a suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
What part of speech is Papanui?
Papanui is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Papanui?
Papanui is pronounced /pɑːpəˈnuːi/.

Words near Papanui in the dictionary

  1. Papanicolaous
  2. Papanikolaou
  3. Papanikolaous
  4. Papantla
  5. Papantla Totonac
  6. Papanui
  7. papaphilia
  8. papaphobe
  9. papaphobes
  10. papaphobia
  11. papaphobist

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