Tāonewhīra

Maori

Etymology

Borrowed from English Townsville.

Proper noun

Tāonewhīra

1. Townsville (a city in Queensland, Australia)

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

   A cyclone struck the area around Townsville in Australia.

References

“Tāonewhīra” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.