taiao
1. (noun) world, Earth, natural world, environment, nature, country.
E ai ki te Māori he hononga ita tō te tangata ki te whenua me te taiao (Te Ara 2013). / According to the Māori, humans are tightly connected to the land and to the natural world.
Synonyms: ao tūroa, aotūroa, āhua, Rangawhenua, Tangaroa, Matawhero, Whiro, Whiringa ki Tawhiti, ao-mārama, ao mārama, Kōpū, Kōpūnui, Rangipō, Takero, Tāwera, Pareārau, Meremere, Meremere-tū-ahiahi, ao
