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Tauranga

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New Zealand/ˈtaʉ.ra.ŋa/Anglicised/ˈtæʊ.ɹɒŋ.a/

Tauranga proper noun: a city in the northwest corner of the Bay of Plenty region, on the north coast of the North Island, New Zealand.

Proper noun

Tauranga

  1. A city in the northwest corner of the Bay of Plenty region, on the north coast of the North Island, New Zealand.

Origin of Tauranga

From Māori Tauranga (“anchorage”).

Questions about Tauranga

What does Tauranga mean?
Tauranga means a city in the northwest corner of the Bay of Plenty region, on the north coast of the North Island, New Zealand.
What part of speech is Tauranga?
Tauranga is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Tauranga?
Tauranga is pronounced /ˈtaʉ.ra.ŋa/ (New Zealand).

Words near Tauranga in the dictionary

  1. taur
  2. taur train
  3. Taura syndrome
  4. tauraco
  5. Tauragė
  6. Tauranga
  7. tauranin
  8. Taurarian
  9. taurate
  10. taurates
  11. Taurean

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