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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD KAWAU

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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF KAWAU

kawau  [kɑːwɑːuː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KAWAU

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Kawau is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KAWAU MEAN IN ENGLISH?

kawau

Kawau Island

Kawau Island is an island in the Hauraki Gulf, close to the north-eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. At its closest point it lies 1.4 km off the coast of the North Auckland Peninsula, just south of Tawharanui Peninsula, and about 8 km by sea journey from Sandspit Wharf, and shelters Kawau Bay to the north-east of Warkworth. It is 40 km north of Auckland. Mansion House in the Kawau Island Historic Reserve is an important historic tourist attraction. Almost every property on the Island relies on direct access to the sea. There are only two short roads serving settlements at Schoolhouse Bay and South Cove, and most people have private wharves for access to their front door steps. The island is named after the Māori word for the shag bird. A regular ferry service operates to the island from Sandspit Wharf on the mainland, as do water taxi services.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KAWAU


Diu
ˈdiːuː
mairehau
mɑːiːrəhɑːuː
mapau
ˈmɑːpɑːuː
piupiu
ˈpiːuːˌpiːuː
Tiu
ˈtiːuː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KAWAU

kauru
kava
kavass
Kaveri
Kavir Desert
kawa
Kawabata
kawaii
kawakawa
kawanatanga
Kawasaki
Kawasaki´s disease
Kay
kayak
kayaker
kayle
kaylied
kayo
Kayseri
kazachok

WORDS THAT END LIKE KAWAU

au
bateau
beau
Bissau
bureau
cadeau
chateau
Cocteau
Dessau
Frau
Guinea-Bissau
Nassau
nouveau
Palau
Pau
plateau
tableau
tau
Tokelau
Zwickau

Synonyms and antonyms of kawau in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «kawau» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KAWAU

Find out the translation of kawau to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of kawau from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kawau» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

kawau
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Kawau
570 millions of speakers

English

kawau
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

kawau
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كاواو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Кавау
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

kawau
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Kawau
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Kawau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kawau
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kawau
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カワウ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

카 와우
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kawau
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kawau
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

kawau
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कावौ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kawau
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Kawau
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Kawau
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Кавала
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Kawau
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Kawau
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kawau
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Kawau
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Kawau
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of kawau

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KAWAU»

The term «kawau» is regularly used and occupies the 75.389 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KAWAU» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kawau

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KAWAU»

Discover the use of kawau in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kawau and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Night Race to Kawau
'He's not there, Mum. He's fallen overboard.' What started as an exciting challenge turns into a nightmare when a gale unexpectedly blows up during the night race to Kawau Island.
Tessa Duder, 2007
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New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
Cape Rodney Formation lenses are highly variable in thickness (1-20 m), with a maximum of 40 m at Ladys Bay, Kawau Island (Fig. 9). CONSTITUENT MEMBERS: Like the other Kawau Subgroup formations, Cape Rodney Formation contains ...
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Myth and Memory: Stories of Indigenous-European Contact
8. When. the. White. Kawau. Flies. Judith. Binney. Aue! Ko Hine-ruarangi ra! Alas! It is indeed Hine-ruarangi!1 This chapter examines some narratives of contact told in Te Urewera, the mountainous heart of the central North Island of Aotearoa  ...
John Sutton Lutz, 2011
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New Zealand
OTHER ISLANDS Little Barrier Island, located 25km northeast of Kawau Island, is NZ's ark: a predator- free refuge for endangered birds, reptiles and plants. Access to the island is highly restricted, and a DOC permit is required for landing on ...
Charles Rawlings-Way, 2010
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Watriama and Co: Further Pacific Islands Portraits
is revealed in a dramatic newspaper report of 1901: There seemed to be mystery around the sudden departure of the S.S. Kawau for Tutuila on last Friday. Some of the foremost businessmen were disconcerted, thus forestalling the shipment of  ...
ANU E Press, Hugh Laracy, 2013
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Introduced Mammals of the World: Their History, Distribution ...
He imported 30 animals from Kawau Island, New Zealand. Forty-five were released at Robertson in 1988 in an enclosure from which they could wander. Three weeks later most had been killed by foxes (Short et al. 1992). Twenty-four parma ...
John Long, 2003
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New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
Further prospecting seems warranted if this could produce a cheap source of lime for Great Barrier Island. Coastal Sands, Kawau Bay to Takapuna The east coast, from Kawau Bay to Takapuna Beach, is characterised by coastal erosion that ...
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Morphologically Governed Accent in Optimality Theory
... the same explanation offered for Anti-Faithfulness in Morpho-Accentual Phenomena 273. Base /Kawa"u + na/ -OO-NO-Ft.OP-PM OO-P-FAITH At.IGN-R a kawau kawau-n *! b. kawau kawau-n * **! c. — > kawau kawau-n * Masc. Fem. Comp.
John D. Alderete, 2013
9
Life of Marsupials
... tammars (Poole et al 1991) is supported by molecular genetics, using differences in microsatellite DNA (Taylor and Cooper 1999); the Kawau Island tammars lack several genes that are very common in the Kangaroo Island population and, ...
Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe, 2005
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Oceana, Or, England and Her Colonies
Kawau, or Shag Island, lies at the mouth of the Hauraki Gulf, four miles from the mainland and about thirty in a direct line from Auckland. It is one of a considerable group which lie scattered along the east coast. Outside it is the Great Barrier ...
James Anthony Froude, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KAWAU»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term kawau is used in the context of the following news items.
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Paritai Drive: Cultural collision - National - NZ Herald News
Around 3600 sites, from Kawau Island to Papakura, were on the initial list when the plan was notified in September 2013, sparking an outcry. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
2
Te Kawau coming from eighth place to chase Val Holland Memorial …
Te Kawau get the chance to beat Feilding Old Boys-Oroua for the first time this season with the Stags the only team in their club who haven't ... «Manawatu Standard, Jul 15»
3
WHS demolish Freyberg U21 for semis spot
WHS has just one more game to play against cellar dwellers Te Kawau this weekend before the semifinals kick in the following week. «Wanganui Chronicle, Jul 15»
4
Te Kawau and Stags to clash in Val Holland final
Feilding, favourites to win the trophy, had finished the season in storming fashion and yet on Saturday Te Kawau beat them (35-19) for the ... «Manawatu Standard, Jul 15»
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Feilding Yellows' Ben Wyness Manawatu club rugby's best-and …
Last season's winner was Te Kawau's Doug Horrocks who has moved to Waikato. Best and fairest points: Ben Wyness (Feilding) 17, Benedict ... «Manawatu Standard, Jul 15»
6
Freyberg's senior first status in Manawatu hanging by a thread
They were competitive in only one game, the last one against Te Kawau which they still lost 35-5. Many had played colts rugby for Freyberg ... «Manawatu Standard, Jul 15»
7
Dogs can expect more beach time
Kawau Bay Shore Birds Awareness Group members want dogs on-leash all year to protect shore birds nesting and feeding on the intertidal ... «Auckland stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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Feilding Yellows can only reflect on what might have been
Freys played their hearts out in the first spell to trail by only 7-5 after Te Kawau had tried to be fancy, spilled the ball and Freyberg scored 80 ... «Manawatu Standard, Jul 15»
9
Police investigate alcohol-fuelled assault in Bromley
Police were called to a property on Kawau Cres, in Bromley, just after 12am on Wednesday. Acting Senior Sergeant Jim Currie said a man was ... «The Press, Jun 15»
10
WHS through to semis in emphatic win over Bush
There are a lot of big boys and they bring a physical game. We have Massey Ag, Freyburg and Te Kawau to play at home in the coming weeks ... «Wanganui Chronicle, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Kawau [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/kawau>. May 2024 ».
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