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kainga

/ ˈkaɪŋə /

noun

  1. (in New Zealand) a Māori village or small settlement Also called (on South Island)kaik


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Word History and Origins

Origin of kainga1

Māori

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Example Sentences

I would give him a piece quite close to the kainga, where I would always have him close to me.

At the first crack of the firearms the kainga was awake; and what a scurry there was!

Reconnoitring the kainga in the light of the risen moon Hugh stealthily approached the palisade surrounding it.

The father was the principal chief of the kainga, and, as it turned out, cousin to Bent's rangatira Tito.

Others ran to the cooking hangis, and with burning sticks from the ovens set fire to some of the thatched houses in the kainga.

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