Pōneke
Maori
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English Port Nick, a clipping of Port Nicholson (the colonial name for Wellington Harbour).
Another etymology suggests that this name was from a shortening of pō nekeneke, meaning "the journey into the night", referring to the Te Āti Awa people departing the harbour after being displaced by European colonists.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Pōneke
- (historical) Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand)