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Pareārau

1. (personal noun) Saturn - the sixth planet from the sun, circled by a system of broad flat rings (Jupiter in some dialects).

Heoi, ka taka he wā, ka whakarērea a Tāwera e Pareārau, ka haere ki te mate tāne haere me whetū kē (Te Ara 2011). / However, in time Venus is abandoned by Jupiter, who goes off to have affairs with other stars.

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

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