Manawatu

English

The Manawatu River in the Manawatu Gorge, with the railway on one side and the main highway on the other.

Etymology

From Maori manawa + tu

Proper noun

Manawatu

  1. a local government district within the Manawatu-Wanganui Region in the North Island of New Zealand.
  2. the Manawatu River in the same area, which flows into the Tasman Sea.

Derived terms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.