uruwhenua

Maori

Etymology

uru (“enter”) +‎ whenua (“country, land”)

Noun

uruwhenua

1. a passport (official document)

   Synonym: uruuruwhenua

   uruwhenua Aotearoa

   New Zealand passport

References

• “uruwhenua” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.