Wanganui

Proper noun

Meaning

A city on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

A major river in the North Island, New Zealand, which flows into the Tasman Sea at Wanganui, now officially the Whanganui River.

A river on the West Coast of the South Island, New Zealand, which also flows into the Tasman Sea.

Examples

They were to be divided into 30 companies of 50 men each based as follows: The total Defence budget, which included purchasing a steamer for use on the Waikato, Patea, and Wanganui rivers, was 187,000 pounds per annum. Source: Internet

Only one united council undertook any direct operational activity – a forestry project in Wanganui. Source: Internet

This difference has been the subject of considerable debate during the 1990s and 2000s over the then-proposed change of the name of the city Wanganui to Whanganui. Source: Internet

Various methods are used to indicate glottal stops when writing the Wanganui dialect. Source: Internet

Within the next few years other clubs started forming around five regions: Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Gisborne/Napier/New Plymouth and Wanganui. Source: Internet

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