2. (loan) (personal noun) Germany - a country in central Europe.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 70;)
I tērā tau i mātakitaki tātau ki te ānga haeretanga a Tiamani i a Rūhia, me te mea nā anō kua pēpē te mana o Rūhia (TKO 15/8/1916:8). / Last year we watched Germany drive away Russia and it would seem the mana of Russia has been crushed.
3. (loan) (noun) German.
…ko tōna mōhio ki te kōrero i ngā reo maha, arā, Tiamani, Wīwī, Ingarihi, Ārapi, Tāke, Itāriana, me tō Pāhia (TP 11/1908:8). / …and his knowledge at speaking many languages, that is, German, French, English, Arabic, Turkish, Italian, and that of Persia.
See also Tiamana