"Traditional name"
The name Manaia is commonly a unisex name.
Manaia is a Māori word. In Māori carving (whakairo) a manaia is a figure shown in profile with a bird's head and a human body, and it appears as a recurring motif alongside other figures in carved meeting houses and other works. The word is also a place name in New Zealand, borne by a town in Taranaki and by Mount Manaia in Northland.
The pronunciation of Manaia is muh-NYE-uh.
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