Whiro - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

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Whiro

1. (personal name) Mercury - a small planet that is closest to the sun in the solar system.

See also Takero

Synonyms: Takero, Apārangi, Rangawhenua, Matawhero, Whiringa ki Tawhiti, ao-mārama, ao tūroa, aotūroa, ao mārama, Kōpū, Kōpūnui, Rangipō, taiao, Tāwera, Pareārau, Meremere, Meremere-tū-ahiahi, Tangaroa, ao

2. (personal noun) Pluto - tenth-largest body observed directly orbiting the sun.

He tawhiti kē noa ake a Whiro i te rā, tēnā i a Kōpū (HJ 2012:143). / Pluto is very much further away from the sun than Venus is.

Synonyms: Whiringa ki Tawhiti

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