Aotearoa

name

Etymology: Borrowed from Māori Aotearoa (“long white cloud; North Island; New Zealand”), see there for more.

1. The North Island of New Zealand.

   “he found in the sea this island Aotearoa (the northern island of New Zealand), and he thought he would land there.”

2. New Zealand, a country in Oceania; the Māori name, used especially in a Polynesian or precolonial context.

   “Aotearoa / rugged individual / glistens like a pearl at the bottom of the world [...].”

   “The Maori in Aotearoa (the pair of major islands which Europeans have known as New Zealand) were part of the same oceanic culture.”