English
Rotorua
Rotorua comes from Māori Rotorua.
- MāorimodernRotorua
- Englishearliest quotation 2002same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- MāorimodernRotorua
- Englishearliest quotation 2002same form
Earliest quotation: 2002, Lynn Barber, Just the spot... for jumping off a cliff: “New Zealanders call Rotorua Roto Vegas but that's pushing…”
Every English word from Māori Rotorua
Today it means
name A city, the capital of Rotorua Lakes district, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Māori Rotorua / Rotorua