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Takero

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

Mai i runga ki raro ko Takero, ko Tāwera – (hei te atatū), ko Meremere-tū-ahiahi rānei (hei te ahiahi), ko Kōpū; kei raro iho ko Te Ao me te Marama, ko Matawhero, ko Pareārau ko Hine-i-tīweka rānei; hei ētahi ko Pareārau anō te ingoa mō te aorangi e kīia ana e te Pākehā ko Saturn (Te Ara 2013). / From top to bottom is Mercury, Venus (at dawn), Venus (in the evening), Earth with the moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, but according to some Pareārau is also the name for the planet called Saturn in English.

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

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