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Maori
Etymology
uru (“enter”) + whenua (“country, land”)
Noun
uruwhenua
- a passport (official document)
- Synonym: uruuruwhenua
uruwhenua Aotearoa- New Zealand passport
References
- “uruwhenua” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.