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Petone

/pɛtəʊni/

Petone proper noun: a suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington region, New Zealand.

Proper noun

Petone

  1. A suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington region, New Zealand.

Origin of Petone

Borrowed from Māori.

Questions about Petone

What does Petone mean?
Petone means a suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington region, New Zealand.
What part of speech is Petone?
Petone is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Petone?
Petone is pronounced /pɛtəʊni/.

Words near Petone in the dictionary

  1. petnapping
  2. petnappings
  3. petnaps
  4. Peto
  5. Peto's paradox
  6. Petone
  7. petong
  8. Petoniak
  9. Petorca
  10. Petos
  11. Petoskey

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