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haangi

haangi is the alternative form of hangi.

Meaning of hangi

Noun

hangi (countable and uncountable, plural hangis or hangi)

  1. (New Zealand) A traditional Māori pit oven, in which (suitably wrapped) raw food is lain on a base of heated stones.
    • The ovens were used to cook food in identical fashion to the Maori hangi and the Papuan stone ovens.2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 134
  2. (New Zealand, uncountable) Food cooked in this way.
    • He glanced at the formal setting in front of him, wishing he could be at a marae eating hangi right now.2015, Anne Ashby, Worlds Collide

See all 3 meanings of hangi

Forms of haangi

pluralhaangis

Questions about haangi

What is haangi the alternative form of?
Haangi is the alternative form of hangi.

Words near haangi in the dictionary

  1. Haalpulaar
  2. Haalpulaars
  3. haan
  4. haanepoot
  5. haanepoots
  6. haangi
  7. haangis
  8. Haans
  9. Haapala
  10. haapalaite
  11. Haapalas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: haangi (page history and authors); hangi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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