Erinipara

Māori

Etymology

Borrowed from English Edinburgh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈrinipara/ [ɛˈɾinipɐɾɐ]

Proper noun

Erinipara

  1. Edinburgh (the capital of Scotland, United Kingdom)
    Kua rongo anō te iwi i ērā marama, o ngā kōrero o te mārenatanga o te Tiuka o Erinipara ki tētahi o ngā tamāhine a te Kīngi o Rūhia.
    In those months the people have heard of discussions about the marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh to one of the daughters of the King of Russia.

References

“Erinipara” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

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