Te Moana Mate

Maori

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Te Moana Mate

1. 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)

Related terms

• mate
• moana
• te

 

See also

• Moana
• Te Moana