Poihākena

Maori

Etymology

Borrowed from English Port Jackson.

Proper noun

Poihākena

  1. Sydney, Port Jackson (the capital of New South Wales, Australia)
    Ko ngā utu rā tēnā i Poihākena i Poipiripi.
    That's the price in Sydney and Melbourne.

References

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

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