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Whinarana

1. (loan) (location) Finland - a country on the Baltic Sea, between Sweden and Russia.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 70;)

See also Whinirana

Whinirana

1. (loan) (location) Finland - a country on the Baltic Sea, between Sweden and Russia.

Tētahi o ngā mema o te Pāremata o Whinirana kāore e mau hū i ngā raumati (TP 1/1911:10). / One of the members of the parliament of Finland does not wear shoes during summer.

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Pitapāka

1. (location) St Petersburg - called Leningrad from 1924-1991, this is the second largest Russian city located at the eastern end of the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea.

Ka rere atu i reira, ā, taē noa ki te pito whakaroto ki te rāwhiti, ko te tino tāone o Rūhia, ko Pitapāka (TWMNT 2/7/1873:73). / They sailed from there and reached the most easterly inland point, which was the main town of Russia, St Petersburg.

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