Timaru (N.Z.)
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Name (Hebrew)
טימרו (ניו זילנד)
Name (Latin)
Timaru (N.Z.)
Other forms of name
Borough of Timaru (N.Z.)
Maru, Te (N.Z.)
Te Tihi-o-Maru (N.Z.)
Tihi-o-Maru, Te (N.Z.)
Timaru Borough (N.Z.)
Coordinates
171.2508333 171.2508333 -44.39305556 -44.39305556 (gooearth )
Associated country
New Zealand
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Discover New Zealand, 1994:p. 416 (Timaru [in] Timaru District)
- Local government reorganisation, 1989:p. 143 (Timaru District) p. 147 (Local authorities and districts to be abolished [include] Timaru City)
- NZ place names database (archived), May 28, 2010(Timaru; town; lat: -44.4001; long: 171.2551)
- New Zealand gazetteer, via WWW, viewed on September 24, 2024:search for place names (Timaru; location: 44.398S 171.255E; history/origin/meaning: Originally Te Maru: lit. te: the; maru: shelter. Bishop Henry Harper wrote in 1857: 'The bay, which is a pretty piece of coastal scenery, has a Maori name, Te Maru, "the place of shelter".'; another interpretation is lit. ti: cabbage tree (Cordyline sp.); maru: shelter; sheltering cabbage tree. Since maru may also mean luxuriant growth, the meaning may be luxuriant cabbage trees; land district: Canterbury)
- The Timaru Borough consolidated by-law, 1906, 1906
- The Timaru borough by-law no. 1, 1945:t.p. (Borough of Timaru)
- Wikipedia WWW site, viewed on September 24, 2024:Timaru page (Timaru (Māori: Te Tihi-o-Maru))
- Timaru Harbour Board (New Zealand). Port of Timaru annual report, 1985:cover p. 4 (Timaru, New Zealand)
- Lippincott(Timaru; borough & port, E S. Island, New Zealand)