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Which country of australia/oceania is known by its indigenous people as aotearoa?

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The answer would be New Zealand. The indigenous natives of New Zealand, or the Maori, call it Aotearoa. This name used to only have been used to refer to the North Island. The word Aorearoa can be translated to The Land of the Long White Cloud.
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