Waikikamukau
Waikikamukau, (pronounced as if saying "Why kick a moo-cow?"), is an imaginary small rural town or locality in New Zealand. New Zealanders use the word for "any town" or to denote a particularly remote rural town. Waikikamukau is an example of how a pretend Maori word can be created out of an English phrase. Maori comedian Billy T. James created others. It gives some insight into how Maori is written and recorded phonetically.
See alsoMaori languageList of interesting or unusual place names
External linksEnglish and Maori Word TranslatorNew Zealand ExpressionsThere's a photograph - a poem by Mike Crowl
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