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kaingas

kaingas is the plural of kainga.

Meaning of kainga

Noun

kainga (plural kaingas)

  1. (New Zealand, historical) A Maori village.
    • When I write that scores of houses have been burnt, whole villages renovated, kaingas fenced in, poakas and dogs fenced out […]1904, Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives..., New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives, page 62

Questions about kaingas

What is kaingas the plural of?
Kaingas is the plural of kainga.

Words near kaingas in the dictionary

  1. kainelliform
  2. Kaines
  3. kainga
  4. Kaingang
  5. Kaingangs
  6. kaingas
  7. kaingin
  8. kainginero
  9. kaingineros
  10. kaingins
  11. kaini

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