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Maori
Etymology
Borrowed from English Newcastle.
Proper noun
Niukāhera
- Newcastle (a city in New South Wales, Australia)
Kua mutu te mahi a ngā tāngata keri waro o Niukāhera, wāhi o Ahitereiria.- The coal miners of Newcastle, a place in Australia, have stopped work.
- Any other city called Newcastle
References
“Niukāhera” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.