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whau

/fəʊ/

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Anglicised/(h)waʊ/

whau noun: entelea arborescens, a malvaceous tree endemic to New Zealand.

Noun

whau

  1. Entelea arborescens, a malvaceous tree endemic to New Zealand.

Origin of whau

From Māori whau.

Questions about whau

What does whau mean?
Whau means entelea arborescens, a malvaceous tree endemic to New Zealand.
What part of speech is whau?
Whau is a noun.
How do you pronounce whau?
Whau is pronounced /fəʊ/.

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