Pomare
Built from Tahitian pō, "night", and mare, "cough": together, a name that literally reads as "night cough".
Meaning and origin
Pomare pairs the Tahitian words for night and for a cough, and tradition traces it to a specific loss rather than a hoped-for virtue: a Tahitian chief is said to have taken the name after a child of his died of a…
How to pronounce Pomare
| English (US) | poh-MAH-ray /poʊˈmɑːreɪ/ |
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