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Iuropi

1. (loan) (location) Europe.

…ā ko taua mate i pā ki ngā iwi o Iuropi, ā he mea hari mai nā ngā kaipuke ki Atareiria (TJ 18/1/1900:12). / …that disease afflicted the peoples of Europe and then was carried by ships to Australia.

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Ūropi

1. (loan) (location) Europe.

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

Kua kāwhakina tētahi wahine Pākehā e ngā kaipāhua o Makerōnia, i Ūropi (TP 1/12/1901:7). / A Pākehā woman has been abducted by Macedonian kidnappers in Europe.

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Ōropi

1. (loan) (location) Europe.

Ko ngā ture, me ngā tikanga i whakaaetia i te tau 1868, me mana aua ture, me āna tikanga ki te moutere i Kirita, ā ki ētahi atu wāhi anō hoki o te whenua a te Tāke i Ōropi (TW 22/6/1878:313). / The laws and their provisions, agreed to in 1868, should be effected on the island of Crete and in some other parts of Turkey’s possessions in Europe.

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Ūrapi

1. (loan) (location) Europe.

E whitu rawa ngā whakamātautanga o ngā iwi karaitiana o Ūrapi ki te tango mai anō i Hiruhārama i roto i ngā ringa a ngā Ārapi… (TP 6/1909:9). / The Christian peoples of Europe tried seven times to take back Jerusalem from the hands of the Arabs…

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hikamoa

1. (loan) (noun) sycamore - a large maple with winged seeds, native to central and southern Europe.

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Hōrana

1. (loan) (location) Netherlands, Holland - a country in western Europe, on the North Sea.

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

Ko te Epara o Tiamana, kua tae ōna tau ki te 80, ko te Kīngi o Hōrana, kua tae ōna tau ki te 60... (TW 24/8/1878:7/423). / The Emperor of Germany is 80 years old; the King of Holland is 60...

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Horowākia

1. (loan) (location) Slovakia - a country in central Europe which was formerly a constituent republic of Czechoslovakia. Joined the European Union in 2004.

Horowinia

1. (loan) (location) Slovenia - a country in south-east Europe which was formerly a constituent republic of Yugoslavia. Joined the European Union in 2004.

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

Huītene

1. (loan) (location) Sweden - a country occupying the eastern part of the Scandinavian peninsula of northern Europe.

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

…kua puta mai ngā rongo, kua pakaru tētahi kaipuke o Huītene i a rātou (TP 11/1904:7). / …news has come out that they damaged a Swedish vessel.

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Huiterangi

1. (loan) (location) Switzerland - a landlocked country in central Europe.

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

…ka tae a Huata ki te hui mō te rua tekau mā rima tau o taua rōpū, i tū ki Caux i Huiterangi… (TTR 2000:85). / …Huata attended the 25th conference of that group, held at Caux in Switzerland…

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Itari

1. (loan) (location) Italy - a country in Southern Europe.

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

Ko Itari kua kuhu ki raro i te mana o Hītara (TAH 30:22). / Italy has come under the Hitler's control.

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2. (loan) (modifier) Italian.

I ētahi wā e āpitiria ana e rua pāuna rai-karaihe Itari (TP 5/1910:5). / Sometimes, two pounds of Italian rye-grass is added.

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3. (loan) (noun) Italian.

Ko tētahi pito o Hana Paraniko he Hainamana ngā tāngata, he Itari, he Tiamana, me ērā atu iwi (TP 4/1906:11). / In one section of San Francisco the people are Chinese, Italian, German and other races.

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Itāria

1. (loan) (location) Italy - a country in Southern Europe.

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

Nā te tokoiti o ngā tāngata mai i ngā moutere, pōhēhē ai ētahi he tangata rātou nō Kirihi, nō Repanona, nō Itāria, nō te tonga o Amerika rānei (Te Ara). / Because there are so few people from the islands, some mistake them to be from Greece, Lebanon, Italy or South America.

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2. (loan) (modifier) Italian.

Tērā tētahi mango nui kai tangata nei i patua e tētahi pīho, Itāria i Pōneke... (TJ 26/10/1899:6). / There was a large man-eating shark killed by an Italian fisherman in Wellington...

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3. (loan) (noun) Italian.

I te haerenga o te emepara ki te mātakitaki i taua tāone, kīhei ngā Itāria i tukua kia tata ki te tāone, ko te take he tūpato mō taua iwi kei kōhurutia te emepara (TJ 3/11/1898:5). / When the emperor was going around looking at that town, the Italians were not allowed near the town, because of a warning about those people that they might murder the emperor.

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Koroātia

1. (loan) (location) Croatia - a country in south-east Europe, formerly a constituent republic of Yugoslavia.

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

Makerōnia

1. (loan) (location) Macedonia - a landlocked republic in the Balkans of south-east Europe and formerly a constituent republic of Yugoslavia.

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

Kua kāwhakina tētahi wahine Pākehā e ngā kaipāhua o Makerōnia, i Ūropi (TP 1/12/1901:7). / A Pākehā woman has been abducted by Macedonian kidnappers in Europe.

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Paratiamu

1. (loan) (location) Belgium, a low-lying country in western Europe on the south shore of the North Sea and English Channel.

Haere ki a rātou mā e tīraha mai rā i Karipori, i Paranihi, i Paratiamu, i te rire o te moana (TTT 1/9/1924:99). / Go to those who lie at Gallipoli, in France, Belgium and the deep water of the ocean.

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Peina

1. (loan) (location) Spain - a country in south-west Europe occupying most of the Iberian peninsula.

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

I runga i te toa o ngā manuao whawhai o Merika ki te Pāniora, arā ko te tukitukinga i Manira pā, me ngā manuao whawhai o Peina (TJ 7/6/1898:5). / The American warships have beaten the Spaniards, that is in the bombardment of the town of Manila and the warships of Spain.

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2. (loan) (personal name) Spain.

Kua takoto kē te tikanga a Te Peina, he kaiwhakarite whenua ia (MM.TKM 31/7/1860:43). / Mr Spain, a land agent, has already laid down the procedure.

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Pōrana

1. (loan) (location) Poland - a country in central Europe with a coastline on the Baltic Sea.

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

I te mea e haere ana a Hāre, te Tekau-mā-rua Kīngi o Wīreni, me tāna ope nui i Pōrana ki Rūhia ka tae rātou ki tētahi wāhi, he repo nunui anake (Popi 1887:115). / When Charles, the Twelfth King of Sweden, and his army were going from Poland to Russia, they came to an area which was only swamp.

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Potukara

1. (loan) (location) Portugal - a country occupying the western part of the Iberian peninsula in south-west Europe.

Ko te taha ki te hauāuru, he ingoa kē ko Potukara (MM.TKM 1/5/1855:13). / The western side has a different name, which is Portugal.

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Purukāria

1. (loan) (location) Bulgaria - a country in south-east Europe on the western shores of the Black Sea.

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

Ka puta te kupu a te Kāwanatanga o Amerika ki te aituā a Miss Stone ka whakataua te hē ki ngā kāwanatanga o Tāke, o Purukāria (TP 12/1901:7). / The American government has issued the statement that if any mishap befalls Miss Stone, the blame will rest with the governments of Turkey and Bulgaria.

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Rīkeneteina

1. (loan) (location) Liechtenstein - a state in central Europe between Austria and Switzerland.

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