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Te Anau

/tiːˈɑːnaʊ/

Te Anau proper noun: a lake in Fiordland, Southland region, New Zealand, the largest in the South Island.

Proper noun

Te Anau

  1. A lake in Fiordland, Southland region, New Zealand, the largest in the South Island.
  2. A town in Southland, New Zealand, at the south end of the lake.

Origin of Te Anau

Borrowed from Māori.

Questions about Te Anau

What does Te Anau mean?
Te Anau means a lake in Fiordland, Southland region, New Zealand, the largest in the South Island.
What part of speech is Te Anau?
Te Anau is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Te Anau?
Te Anau is pronounced /tiːˈɑːnaʊ/.

Words near Te Anau in the dictionary

  1. TDW
  2. tdy
  3. TDZ
  4. TDZs
  5. te
  6. Te Anau
  7. Te Ao Māori
  8. Te Deum
  9. Te Deums
  10. Te Horo
  11. Te Kawa

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Te Anau (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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