the legend goes that the wife of Kupe (the first polynesian to discover Aotearoa -NZ), first spotted the long line of clouds which indicated the presence of land. So she named this country Aotearoa, meaning the Long White Cloud.
Aotea = white cloud
Roa = long
New Zealandis called land of the long white cloud....
When New Zealand was only inhabited by native maoris it was called Aotearoa translated as "the land of the long white cloud"
It is the Maori name for New Zealand, meaning Land of the Long White Cloud.
New Zealand is sometimes called NZ for short, or aotearoa, which is Maori for "land of the long white cloud". It is also known as "Down Under" as New Zealand is at the bottom of the Earth.
Aotearoa is the Maori name for New Zealand. It originally meant only what is now known as the North Island, but is becoming more recognized internationally as the bilingual (English/Maori) name of New Zealand. In an 1878 Maori translation of the national anthem God Defend New Zealand, Aotearoa was used in place of New Zealand. This translation remains in use.
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Aotearoa, which in Maori means, "Land of the Long White Cloud"
The Maori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa, which translates to "Land of the Long White Cloud."
New Zealand is known as the "Land of the Long White Cloud" due to the long stretch of cloud that often forms over the country. It is a Maori name for the country, "Aotearoa."
New Zealand or Aotearoa (land of the long white cloud).
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New Zealandis called land of the long white cloud....
"Aotearoa" means "land of the long white cloud" in the MΔori language, referring to New Zealand.
Aotearoa is the maori word that roughly translates to "the land of the long white cloud." That is what the maori people called New Zealand because when they were traveling over the seas they were trying to find land, and clouds normally appear over land. They saw long white cloud while they were traveling then came upon the islands of New Zealand, hence the name.
Aoteroa The translation to English is "land" of the long white cloud. Because when Kupe (the Polynesian who discovered new Zealand) first saw new Zealand it was the cloud that he saw first because clouds are made towards land. So he would of seen one long white cloud. And as he neared Aoteroa he realised it was a land, hence "Land of the long white cloud"
The translated meaning of Aotearoa is "Land of the Long White Cloud" in Maori, which is the indigenous language of New Zealand.