land of the long white cloud

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von land of the long white cloud im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

New Zealand (probably a reference to the appearance of mountainous land when seen on the horizon from a canoe after an ocean voyage)

Silbentrennung

Land of the Long White cloud

Türkische aussprache

länd ıv dhi lông hwayt klaud

Aussprache

/ˈland əv ᴛʜē ˈlôɴɢ ˈhwīt ˈkloud/ /ˈlænd əv ðiː ˈlɔːŋ ˈhwaɪt ˈklaʊd/

Etymologie

() From Maori Aotearoa (“long white cloud”), from ao (“cloud, daytime, world”), tea (“white”), and roa (“long, tall”). Allegedly the first English-language mention was in the February, 1916, New Zealand School Journal (King, 2004).