Wanganui.
A city and territorial authority in Manawatū-Whanganui region, on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.
Meaning & usage
A city and territorial authority in Manawatū-Whanganui region, on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.
A major river in the Manawatū-Whanganui region, North Island, New Zealand, which flows into the Tasman Sea at Wanganui. Official name: Whanganui River.
A river in the West Coast region, South Island, New Zealand, which also flows into the Tasman Sea.
A locality in the Byron council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
An epoch from 5.28 to present million years ago, a subdivision of the Neogene-Quaternary.
Where this word comes from
From Māori Whanganui. The spelling of Sense 1 and Sense 2 reflects a dialectal realization of the ⟨wh⟩ phoneme as [ˀw] in Taranaki and Manawatū-Whanganui.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.