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Land of the Long White Cloud
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English
Etymology
Loose 1 en mi Aotearoa, from mi ao cloud, daytime, world, mi tea white, and mi roa long, tall. Allegedly the first English-language mention was in the February, 1916, New Zealand School Journal (King, 2004). Probably a reference to the appearance of mountainous land when seen on the horizon from a canoe after an ocean voyage. en
Proper noun
Land of the Long White Cloud 1
en poetic New Zealand. en New Zealand
en Nicknames for countries