Aotearoa

→ Hawaiian: Aotearoa

→ Paiwan: Autearua

→ Tahitian: Aotearoa

Possibly from ao (“cloud, daytime, world”) + tea (“white”) + roa (“long, tall”); often translated as “the land of the long white cloud” (the assumption presumably being that the phrase referred to a mountainous land seen on the horizon from a canoe, after an ocean voyage). The term may have originally referred to the North Island only.
The original name used by the indigenous Polynesian population was Te Ika Nui A Maui or Te Ika-a-Māui (“The great fish of Maui”); from te (“the”) + ika (“fish”) + nui (“big, great, large”) + a (“of”) + Māui (a Polynesian demigod).

compound

(obsolete) North Island (of New Zealand)

New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia)

God Defend New Zealand
God Defend New Zealand

The Māori name for the national anthem of New Zealand, God Defend New Zealand


Māori

From māori (“normal”). This usage arose after contact with Westerners and the resulting need to specify different ethnic groups.

In 1979 a gathering of elders at the Waananga kaumatua affirmed te reo Maori “Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori” the language is the life principle of Maori mana. (Note: this quotation comes from a text that does not show macrons.)

2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters (in English), page 208:

Maori, Māori
the Māori culture or ethnicity

a member of the Māori culture or ethnicity, a Māori person


Hera

a female given name, equivalent to English Sarah


te reo

→ English: te reo

Clipping of te reo Māori; equivalent to te (definite article) + reo (“language, speech”).

In 1979 a gathering of elders at the Waananga kaumatua affirmed te reo Maori “Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori” the language is the life principle of Maori mana.

2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters, page 208:

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see te, reo.


Wiki

a female given name, short for Wikitoria


Manu

From manu (“bird”), also a short form of compound names containing this word.


Meri

a female given name, equivalent to English Mary


Ahitereiria

Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


Tuna

(Maori mythology) An eel-god, the son of Manga-wai-roa, one of the lesser Maori deities who lived in a water hole called Muri-wai-o-ata.


Ruta

a female given name, equivalent to English Ruth


Miriama

a female given name, equivalent to English Miriam


Māui

(mythology) A trickster and a hero who had his superhuman strength and shapeshifting, believed to have created the islands of New Zealand from a great fish that he caught.

Te Riu-a-Māui

the hills and valleys of Maui, Zealandia (submerged former continent that New Zealand was part of)


Makanui

maka from the first syllable of English McDonald's + Maori nui (“big”)


Kirihi

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Purukāria

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


Hōrana

Holland (a traditional region in the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland)

Holland, the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe)


Tiamana

Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)


Hōria

Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)


Kīngitanga Kotahi

Kīngitanga + kotahi; further divided into kīngi (“king”) + -tanga (“-ness”) and tahi (“one”) Literally means "kingdom made into one".


Āmenia

Armenia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)


Haipara

Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia)


Atepaihānia

Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)


Katatānga

Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)


Huiterangi

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)


Pāniora

Borrowed from Spanish español (“Spanish”) or Spanish España (“Spain”).


Tāke

Turkey (a country located in Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)


Rūhia

Borrowed from English Russia, and Medieval Latin Russi (“the people of Russia”), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ, “Rus”).

bor

Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


Hononga-o-Amerika

the United States (a country in North America)


Ūkareinga

Borrowed from Ukrainian Украї́на (Ukrajína), Old Ruthenian украина (ukraina), from Old East Slavic оукраина (ukraina), from Proto-Slavic *ukrajina.

Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)


Wīwī

Ā ko Wīwī e minamina ana ki te mea i a ia kia ea ai tana mate i te Tiamana

France wishes to avenge its defeat by the Germans.


Koroātia

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Croatia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Mihi

(obsolete) A title given to a white female


Kaiana Wīwī

French Guiana
French Guiana#English:_Q3769

administrative region
administrative region

French Guiana (an overseas department and administrative region of France in South America)


Piri

a male given name, equivalent to English Bill


Ani

a female given name, equivalent to English Ann


Rerehu

Antares, the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius


Hawaiki

→ English: Hawaiki

(mythology) Hawaiki, the legendary homeland of the Maori before their arrival at Aotearoa (New Zealand), and also the underworld.


Peti

a female given name, equivalent to English Betty, Betsy, and Bessie


Rihari

a male given name, equivalent to English Richard


Rāniera

a male given name, equivalent to English Daniel


Ānaru

a male given name, equivalent to English Andrew


Petera

a male given name, equivalent to English Peter


Rāwiri

a male given name, equivalent to English David


Rāpata

a male given name, equivalent to English Robert


Wiremu

a male given name, equivalent to English William


Hēnare

a male given name, equivalent to English Henry


Hēni

a female given name, equivalent to English Jane


Piripi

a male given name, equivalent to English Philip


Hēmi

a male given name, equivalent to English James


Māka

a male given name, equivalent to English Mark


Hōri

→ English: hori


Tāmati

a male given name, equivalent to English Thomas


Mikaere

a male given name, equivalent to English Michael


Matiu

a male given name, equivalent to English Matthew


Pare

a female given name, equivalent to English Polly


Emere

a female given name, equivalent to English Emily


Hārata

a female given name, equivalent to English Charlotte


Mereana

a female given name, equivalent to English Mary Ann


Irihāpeti

a female given name, equivalent to English Elizabeth


Rīpeka

a female given name, equivalent to English Rebecca


Wikitōria

a female given name, equivalent to English Victoria


Hāriata

a female given name, equivalent to English Harriet


Ruiha

a female given name, equivalent to English Louisa


Hoana

a female given name, equivalent to English Joan and Joanna


Hūhana

a female given name, equivalent to English Susan


Ruihi

a female given name, equivalent to English Lucy

a female given name, equivalent to English Louise

a male given name, equivalent to English Louis


Kararaina

a female given name, equivalent to English Caroline


Mākere

a female given name, equivalent to English Margaret


Erana

a female given name, equivalent to English Ellen


Ihipera

a female given name, equivalent to English Isabel and Isabella


Māta

a female given name, equivalent to English Martha


Pirihira

a female given name, equivalent to English Priscilla


Rutu

a female given name, equivalent to English Ruth


Rāhera

a female given name, equivalent to English Rachel


Riria

From riria (“lily”), also used as a rendering of English Lydia, Lily and Lilian.


Hōne

a male given name, equivalent to English John


Pāora

a male given name, equivalent to English Paul


Hōhepa

a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph


Hāmiora

a male given name, equivalent to English Samuel


Tīpene

a male given name, equivalent to English Stephen


Īhāia

a male given name, equivalent to English Isaiah


Tīmoti

a male given name, equivalent to English Timothy


Īhaka

a male given name, equivalent to English Isaac


Ārama

a male given name, equivalent to English Adam


Mohi

a male given name, equivalent to English Moses


Mātene

a male given name, equivalent to English Martin


Tame

a male given name, equivalent to English Tom


Timi

a male given name, equivalent to English Jim and James


Komoro

Union of the Comoros
Union of the Comoros

Comoros (A country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa)

Comoros (an archipelago consisting of the Union of the Comoros and the French overseas department of Mayotte)


Tāre

a male given name, equivalent to English Charles


Wāta

a male given name, equivalent to English Walter


Waata

a male given name, equivalent to English Walter. Obsolete spelling of Wāta.


Nīkora

a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas


Maaka

a male given name, equivalent to English Mark. Obsolete spelling of Māka.


Wī

a diminutive of the male given name Wiremu


Rewi

a male given name, equivalent to English Louis, Dave, and Levi


Rōpata

a male given name, equivalent to English Robert


Aoraki

Aoraki is the name of a person in the mythology of the Ngāi Tahu (South Island Māori) tribe. The word is said to be a compound of ao (“world, daytime, cloud”) + raki, a southern variant of rangi (“day, sky, weather”).

(southern dialect) Mount Cook (tallest mountain in New Zealand)


Initonīhia

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


Tauranga

[ˈtɐʉ.ɾɐ.ŋɐ]


Wairarapa

Wairarapa (a lake in southern North Island, New Zealand)

Wairarapa (a geographical region in southeastern North Island, New Zealand)


Pakangakite

From pakanga (“war”) + kite (“to see”), from English Warsaw broken into war and saw.


Kaikōura

→ English: Kaikoura

From kai (“to eat; food”) + kōura (“crayfish”).

compound

A town on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand.


Waitangi

→ English: Waitangi

A locality in the Bay of Islands on the North Island of New Zealand.

A town on the west coast of the Chatham Islands, New Zealand.


Īemene

Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Hingapoa

Kei Hingapoa me te wā ki Īnia.

Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony)


Kirihimete

Borrowed from English Christmas, and adapted to Maori phonotactics.


Whangārei

→ English: Whangarei


Te Papa-i-Oea

Palmerston North
Palmerston North#English

Palmerston North (a city in New Zealand)


Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand)


Kirikiriroa

kirikiri (“gravel”) + roa (“to be long”), literally “long gravel”


Āwhekenetāna

Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)


Pōngia-Herekōmina

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Parīhi

Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)


Kini Ekuatoria

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English:_Q983

Equatorial Guinea (a country in Central Africa)


Karapōnia

California (a state of the United States)


Kini Pihō

Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)


Pearīni

E whā ki Purūhia, ko Tanite, ko Konipara, ko Pearīni, ko Tetini.

Four in Prussia, Danzig, Konigsberg, Berlin, and Stettin.


Kānapera

Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory#English

Canberra (the capital city of Australia; located in the Australian Capital Territory)


Parī

Ko te utu tau mō tētahi nūpepa e tāia ana i Parī (te tino pā o te Wīwī) e tae ana ki te rima pāuna (£5) mō te tau, ā ko te 'Āta' te ingoa.
The annual subscription for one particular newspaper published in Paris (the capital of France) is five pounds (£5), and it’s called the 'Art'.


Nāhinara

(New Zealand politics) National (New Zealand National Party)


Reipa

(New Zealand politics) Labour (New Zealand Labour Party)


Piripane

Ā nōnāianei anō ia ka mau i Piripane, i te tāone nui o te tai whakarunga o Ahitereiria.

And he will now be held in Brisbane, the main city on Australia's north coast.

Brisbane (the capital of Queensland, Australia)


Niukāhera

Kua mutu te mahi a ngā tāngata keri waro o Niukāhera, wāhi o Ahitereiria.

The coal miners of Newcastle, a place in Australia, have stopped work.

Newcastle (a city in New South Wales, Australia)


Poipiripi

Ko ngā utu rā tēnā i Poihākena i Poipiripi.

That's the price in Sydney and Melbourne.

Melbourne, Port Philip (the capital of Victoria, Australia)


Poihākena

Sydney, Port Jackson (the capital of New South Wales, Australia)


Te Moana-a-Toi

From moana (“sea”) + Toi (“given name”), literally “The Sea of Toi”. From being named after Toi, a famous Maori who lived in the region, and the embayment being a marginal sea of the island.

compound

Bay of Plenty (a sea and bay of the Bay of Plenty Region, North Island, New Zealand)

Bay of Plenty (an administrative region of the North Island, New Zealand, surrounding the eponymous bay)


Toi

English: Toi


Irāia

a male given name originating from the Bible


Ātaraita

I mua nō Ātaraita ngā parāoa i paingia ki ngā mākete o Ahitereiria.

Adelaide flour has, hitherto, been the most esteemed in the Australian markets.

Adelaide (the capital of South Australia, Australia)


Whītī

Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".
Compare Maori rāwhiti (“east”) and Maori whiti (“to spring up”)

Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)


Hāmoa

Samoa (A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)


Rūhī-te-rangi

Alternative form of Hui-tanguru (used by iwi Ngāti Awa)


Hongonui

The second month of the maramataka (lunar calendar), corresponding to June–July of the Gregorian calendar.


Pipiri

The first month of the maramataka (lunar calendar), corresponding to May–June of the Gregorian calendar. Begins after the rising of Matariki.


Mahuru

The fourth month of the maramataka (lunar calendar), corresponding to August–September of the Gregorian calendar.


Hakihea

The seventh month of the maramataka (lunar calendar), corresponding to November–December of the Gregorian calendar.


Kohi-tātea

The eighth month of the maramataka (lunar calendar), corresponding to December–January of the Gregorian calendar.


Here-turi-kōkā

The third month of the maramataka (lunar calendar), corresponding to July–August of the Gregorian calendar.


Haratua

The twelfth month of the maramataka (lunar calendar), corresponding to April–May of the Gregorian calendar.


Whiringa-ā-rangi

The sixth month of the maramataka (lunar calendar), corresponding to October–November of the Gregorian calendar.


Whiringa-ā-nuku

The fifth month of the maramataka (lunar calendar), corresponding to September–October of the Gregorian calendar.


Hui-tanguru

The ninth month of the maramataka (lunar calendar), corresponding to January–February of the Gregorian calendar.


Poutū-te-rangi

The tenth month of the maramataka (lunar calendar), corresponding to February–March of the Gregorian calendar.


Paenga-whāwhā

The eleventh month of the maramataka (lunar calendar), corresponding to March–April of the Gregorian calendar.


Rātū

rā (“day”) + tū (“Tūmatauenga, Māori god of war”)


Rāhina

From rā (“day”) + Hina (“Moon”), a calque of Latin diēs Lūnae. More at Monday.


Koramia

Columbia River (a river in the United States)


Tōkio

Te rerenga atu i Poipiripi ka ū ki Arapani, i Arapani ki Tōkio te pā nui o Tiapana.

They sailed from Melbourne to Albany, then from Albany to Tokyo, the capital of Japan.


Paratipotoka

E rua ngā wāhanga o te taua manuao a Rūhia, kei Pōta Āta tētahi, te wāhanga nui, kei Paratipotoka tētahi.

The Russian fleet is in two parts, one, the larger part, at Port Arthur, the other at Vladivostok.


Pūkina

Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)


Pēnina

Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)


Eritēria

Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)


Warerangi

Eswatini, Swaziland (a country in Southern Africa, formerly called Swaziland)


Marakāhia

Madagascar (an island and country off the east coast of Africa)


Ngāika

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)


Te Kamopia

The Gambia, Gambia (a country in West Africa)


Īhipa

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Mohapiki

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)


Te Kūrae Matomato

Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)


Hūtāne

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


Kōngo

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)

Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Congo (a large river in Africa, which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of Congo)


Tiriporī

Kua riro hoki i a Itāria te tāone nui o Tiriporī.

And Italy has taken the city of Tripoli.


Te Puku o Āwherika

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English:_Q929

Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa)


Te Araone

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone#English:_Q1044


Te Tai Rei

Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)


Hūmārie

Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)


Ngāitiria

Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)


Āwherika ki te Tonga

South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)


te Whenua o Kōngo

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English:_Q974

Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Te Pāpaka-a-Māui

te + pāpaka + a + Māui. Literally means "the paddle crab of Māui", perhaps referring to the continent's shape resembling a crab. The name is also related to the two other names for North Island and South Island of New Zealand, which were related to a folktale about Maui.

Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)

Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


Tāniora

a male given name, equivalent to English Daniel


Hōrano

Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Hiria

Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


Piripīni

Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)


Tukumanatānga

Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia)


Kehitāna

Kyrgyzstan (a country in Central Asia, bordering on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China)


Īrāna

Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


Īrāki

Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Kotahitanga o ngā Whenua Ārapi

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English

United Arab Emirates (a country in Asia)


Kuki Airani

Cook Islands
Cook Islands#English:_Q26988

Cook Islands (An archipelago and self-governing country in Oceania, in free association with New Zealand)


Ngā Motu Horomona

Ngā + Motu + o + Horomona. Literally means "the islands of Solomon".


Tūwaru

Calqued from Tuvaluan Tuuvalu, using tū (“to stand”) + waru (“eight”).

Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Whenuatū

Calque of Bislama Vanuatu, equivalent to whenua (“land”) + tū (“to stand”).

Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)


Wūrongikongi

Wollongong (a city in New South Wales, Australia)


Huwa

Ka ū mātou ki tētahi moutere ki Huwa.

We arrived at one of the islands in Suva.


Paramata

Kei Paramata, he tāone e tata ana ki Poihākena a Te Mātenga e tanu ana.

Marsden is buried in Parramatta, a town close to Sydney.

Parramatta (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Hopatāone

Nō Poihākena, nō Wikitōria, nō Ātaraita, nō Hōpatāone, nō Aotearoa, nō Tonga, nō Whīti aua Minita.

Those ministers were from Sydney, Victoria, Adelaide, Hobart, New Zealand, Tonga and Fiji.

Hobart (the capital of Tasmania, Australia)


Pararata

Ko ētahi Pākehā i waimārie te kiteatanga e rātou ētahi kōhatu he kōura katoa i te takiwā kari kōura i Pararata.
Some Pākehā were lucky to find some rocks which were pure gold in the gold field area of Ballarat.

Ballarat (a city in Victoria, Australia)


Tāwini

Northern Territory
Northern Territory#English

Darwin (the capital of the Northern Territory, Australia)


Hironga

I tuku karere hoki ia ki Hironga, ki a Te Muri te rangatria o te Katimauihi.

And also to despatch a messenger overland with particulars to Mr. Moodie, the Collector of Customs at Geelong.


Tāonewhīra

I puta tētahi hau tāwhiowhio ki te takiwā o Tāonewhīra i Ahitereiria.

A cyclone struck the area around Townsville in Australia.

Townsville (a city in Queensland, Australia)


Pōneke

From English Port Nick, a clipping of Port Nicholson (the colonial name for Wellington Harbour).

(historical) Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand)


Te Ika-nui-a-Māui

Derived from a Māori folktale. Literally means "the great fish of Māui".


Te Ika-a-Māui

Derived from a Māori folktale. Literally means "the fish of Māui".


Te Waka-a-Māui

Derived from a Māori folktale. Literally means "the canoe of Māui".


Manawatū-Whanganui

Manawatu-Wanganui (a region of New Zealand)


Peratiamu

Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)


Parahara

Nō te 5 o ngā rā o Āperira ka pūhia kōhurutia te Piriniha o Weiri ki te teihana o te rerewē i Parahara, te tino tāone o Peratiamu, e tētahi tamaiti tāne, 15 ngā tau ko Hipito te ingoa, engari kāore te Piriniha i tū.

On 5 April the Prince of Wales was treacherously shot at at the railway station in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, by a 15 year old boy, whose name was Sipido, but the Prince was not wounded.


Wikitoria

a female given name, equivalent to English Victoria.


Ngā Ānahera

Los Angeles (a city in California, United States)


Hana Paraniko

Ko te tīmatanga o tēnei pā o Hana Paraniko he tēneti, he hopuni, keri kōura.

This city of San Franscisco began as tents, a camp digging for gold.

San Francisco (a city in California, United States)


Te Tai Kōura

the Gold Coast (a city in Queensland, Australia)


Niu Ioka

Tērā tētahi tima nō te Wīwī ko 'Pakoine' i rere atu i Niu Ioka ki Haware, ko taua rangi, he kohu, ko te rere a tima nei te 18 māero i te hāora; tūtuki ana ki tētahi tima ko 'Koromatihia' te ingoa.

There was a French steam ship, the 'La Bourgogne', going from New York to Havre steaming at 18 miles per hour on a foggy day, which hit another steamer called 'Cromartyshire'.

New York City (a city in New York, United States)


Hiruharama

A settlement in Gisborne District, New Zealand

A settlement in the Manawatu-Wanganui region, New Zealand


Arame

I rere anō a Hākopa ki te māra a Arame, ā mahi ana a Iharaira hei utu wahine; hei utu wahine i tiaki hipi ai ia.

Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and Israel worked for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

Aram (historical region corresponding to present-day Syria and northern Israel)


Heriko

Jericho (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)


Peterehema

Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)


Kaperenauma

Capernaum (a biblical town in Palestine)


Āhia

Asia (a continent located east of Europe (typically delimited by the Urals), west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean)


Kāha

Phono-semantic matching of English Gaza, influenced by native Maori kaha (“strong, courageous”) reflecting the resilience of the Gazans in facing the Israeli occupation.

Gaza City (a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine)


Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa

From moana (“sea”) + nui (“great”) + Kiwa (“given name”), literally “The Great Sea of Kiwa”. From being named in honor of Kiwa, the mythological guardian of the ocean.

Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean#English:_Q98

Pacific Ocean (An ocean, the world's largest body of water, to the east of Asia and Australasia and to the west of the Americas)


Te Moana Mate

From moana (“sea”) + mate (“die”). Calque of English Dead Sea.

Dead Sea (a lake in the Middle East in Palestine and Jordan, noted for high salinity and for its banks being the lowest land-based elevation on Earth)


Aharoro

Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea#English

Ashdod (a city and seaport in Palestine, on the Mediterranean Sea).


Te Awarua o Kāha

From awarua (“strip of territory between two tribes or rivers”) + Kāha (“Gaza”).


Heperona

Hebron (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)