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  • Location: Cook Islands/New Zealand
  • Variant names: Ararua Enua O Ru Ki Te Moana
A shortened version of the original name which meant 'Ru in Search of Land over the Sea'. According to the local legend, Ru, with his wives and brothers, discovered the atoll.

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