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Kōpūnui

1. (personal name) Jupiter - the fifth planet in order from the sun.

Ko Kōpūnui te whetū nui, mā, e whakawhetūrangi nā i a ia; e whakaahua ana i a ia kia rite ki a Tama-nui-te-rā (S 1911:198). / Jupiter, the great white star travelling in the daytime; and in appearance is like the sun.

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

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