Tokorua

Tokorua

Tokorua

Island in French Polynesia

23.17°S 135.1°W / -23.17; -135.1

For the New Zealand town, see Tokoroa.

Tokorua is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.[1] The name means "companion, mate" (or two – as it does in Māori) in the local Mangareva language.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Science Vol.21: "This part of the reef is called Tokorua."
  2. [2]
    Edward Tregear, Royal Society of New Zealand (1899). A dictionary of Mangareva (or Gambier Islands). J. Mackay, Govt. Print. Off. p. 106.
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