New Zealand
Aotearoa, which in Maori means, "Land of the Long White Cloud"
New Zealand; the Maori name for New Zealand, Aotearoa, means '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"
New Zealand or Aotearoa (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.
The Maori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa, which translates to "Land of the Long White Cloud."
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.
New Zealand's Maori name is Aotearoa, "The land of the long white cloud". Is this what you were after?
It is the Maori name for New Zealand, meaning Land of the Long White Cloud.
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"