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A Korean sign for Gyeongju, which translates to "congratulatory province" or "capital province". Korean place name etymologies are based upon a large linguistic background of Chinese, Japanese and Old Korean influence and history. [1] The commonplace names have multiple meanings in Korean, Chinese, and when transliterated to English as well. [2]
Tāmaki is a small suburb of East Auckland, 11 kilometres from the Auckland CBD, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located by the banks of the estuarial Tāmaki River , which is a southern arm of the Hauraki Gulf .
Tāmaki (New Zealand electorate), in Auckland; East Tāmaki, a suburb of Auckland to the east of the Tamaki River; Tāmaki River, in Auckland; Tāmaki Strait, between Waiheke Island and the North Island; Tāmaki isthmus, the location of the Auckland CBD and central suburbs; Tāmaki Makaurau, or just Tāmaki, the Māori name for Auckland
Filipinos also helped to introduce American computing technology to South Korea; the second president of IBM Korea appointed in 1968 was a Filipino named Mr. Reyes. [4] [5] By the beginning of the 1990s, the rising economy of South Korea made the country a very attractive destination for Filipino workers looking for overseas labor opportunities.
According to 2007 statistics, the Philippines had 6.6% of all Korean students enrolled in universities abroad. [28] The trend of South Korean students going to the Philippines to pursue university education began in the 1960s, when South Korea was still a poor country and the Philippines ranked as the region's second-most developed behind Japan.
In addition to the members of the Tāmaki Collective, a number of iwi have a presence within Tāmaki Makaurau: Ngāti Awa ki Tāmaki Makaurau, based at Mātaatua Marae and Awanuiarangi Wharenui, at Māngere. [7] Ngāti Manuhiri in Rodney, the Hibiscus Coast and the northern Hauraki Gulf. [8] Ngātiwai on Aotea / Great Barrier Island. [9]
The main iwi of Tāmaki Makaurau are Ngāti Whātua, Kawerau a Maki, Tainui, Ngāti Pāoa, Wai-O-Hua and Ngāti Rehua, [5] though a pan-Māori organisation called Ngāti Akarana exists for urbanised Māori with no knowledge of their actual iwi; and, through a population trend whereby many rural Māori moved to the cities, the largest iwi affiliation in the seat are Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou ...
This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order. The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim (김), followed by Lee (이) and Park (박). These three surnames are held by around half of the ethnic Korean population. This article uses the most recent South Korean statistics (currently 2015) as the basis.