Aotearoa

Pre-colonial use as an alternative name for Te Ika-a-Māui (the North Island) - now used as the Māori name for the entire New Zealand Archipelago.

Aotearoa is made up of either two or three words, Aotea and roa or Ao, tea and roa. Aotea could be the name of one of the waka of the great migration, The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) cloud near the bright star Atutahi (Canopus) in summer, a bird or even food; ao is a cloud, dawn, daytime, or world; tea white or clear, perhaps bright, while roa means long or tall.