Hironga
Maori edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English Geelong.
Proper noun edit
Hironga
- Geelong (a city in Victoria, Australia)
- 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.
References edit
“Hironga” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.