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Takaroa

Takaroa is the alternative form of Tangaroa.

Meaning of Tangaroa

Proper noun

Tangaroa

  1. (Polynesian mythology) The god of the sea in Polynesian mythology, variously either the supreme deity or of status equal to Tane, and sometimes (e.g. in Samoan and Tongan traditions) revered as the creator god.
    • Among the very many varieties of banana and plantain only the plantain belonged to Tangaroa on account of its redness and the uprightness of its fruit. Bananas of all kinds belonged to Rongo. The very name of the plantain, uatu, the upright fruit, testified to the dignity of the eldest of the gods....1995, Johannes Carl Andersen, Myths and Legends of the Polynesians, Dover Publications, published 1928, page 378
  2. (Maori mythology) The god of the sea, lakes and rivers, and of the creatures, especially fish, that live in them.

Questions about Takaroa

What is Takaroa the alternative form of?
Takaroa is the alternative form of Tangaroa.

Words near Takaroa in the dictionary

  1. takaosamine
  2. Takara
  3. Takarada
  4. Takaradas
  5. Takaras
  6. Takaroa
  7. takas
  8. Takashi
  9. Takashima
  10. Takashimas
  11. Takata

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Takaroa (page history and authors); Tangaroa (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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