Waikikamukau

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Waikikamukau, Why-key-car-moo-koh (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. It has a similar connotation as the term Wop-wops, or Timbuktu for other English speakers.[1]

Waikikamukau is an example of how a bogus Māori word can be created out of an English phrase, and some idea of how Māori is commonly pronounced. Māori comedian Billy T. James created several others placenames in a similar way.

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  1. ^ McCloy, Nicola (2006). Whykickamoocow: curious New Zealand Place Names. ISBN 1-86941-807-7. 

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