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Porirua

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New Zealand/pɒɹɪɹuə/

Porirua proper noun: a city in the Wellington region, New Zealand.

Proper noun

Porirua

  1. A city in the Wellington region, New Zealand.

Origin of Porirua

Borrowed from Māori.

Questions about Porirua

What does Porirua mean?
Porirua means a city in the Wellington region, New Zealand.
What part of speech is Porirua?
Porirua is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Porirua?
Porirua is pronounced /pɒɹɪɹuə/ (New Zealand).

Words near Porirua in the dictionary

  1. poringly
  2. porings
  3. porins
  4. poriomania
  5. porion
  6. Porirua
  7. porism
  8. porismatic
  9. porismatical
  10. porismatically
  11. porisms

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