2. (location) Mount Cook.
Synonyms: Aoraki
aorangi
1. (noun) planet - a modern word. Nine planets are in orbit around the sun and Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were known to Māori astonomers in ancient times. .
Ko te ingoa o te Māori mō te huinga o te rā, te marama, ngā aorangi, ngā whetū, ngā kāhui whetū, ko te whānau mārama (Te Ara 2013). / The Māori name for the sun, moon, planets, stars and constellations and stars is the 'whānau mārama' (family of light).
See also whetūao
Synonyms: whetūao, whetū mārama
2. (noun) variety of kūmara.
aorangi iti
1. (noun) asteroid.
Ko te aorangi iti: He maramara toka e amio ana i te rā. Ko te nuinga e noho mai ana i te ātea i waenganui i ngā aorangi o Matawhero me Pareārau (RP 2009:167). / An asteroid: A piece of rock which is orbit around the sun, mostly in the area between Mars and Jupiter (RP 2009:167).
Tāhei Aorangi Iti
1. (noun) Asteroid Belt.
Ko te aorangi iti: He maramara toka e amio ana i te rā. Ko te nuinga e noho mai ana i te ātea i waenganui i ngā aorangi o Matawhero me Pareārau. Ka kīia tēnei rohe o te ātea ko te Tāhei Aorangi Iti (RP 2009:167). / An asteroid: A piece of rock which is orbit around the sun, mostly in the area between Mars and Jupiter. This area is known as the Asteroid Belt (RP 2009:167).