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词汇 kainga
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Definition of kainga in English:

kainga

noun kɑːˈɪŋə
NZ
  • A Maori village or settlement.

    〈新西兰〉毛利人村庄;毛利人聚居地

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The kainga encompass all blood relatives and can include people other than blood relations.
    • He came down to the frightened passengers and told them to make use of any of the houses in his kainga and assured them they were among friends.
    • They are not just stuck in their little kainga, wearing their piupiu.
    • Even though Te Whiti died in 1907, his spirit of peace is still alive at the slowly reviving kainga - and way beyond.
    • A kainga consists of relatives living in different households in the same village or in several villages.
    • ‘It was quite clear that it was an extraordinary thing,’ he says of the Taranaki kainga led by pacifist prophets Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kakahi.
    Synonyms
    community, colony, outpost, encampment

Origin

Maori.

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