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Ngāti

Ngāti noun: local or tribal group.

Noun

Ngāti

  1. (New Zealand) local or tribal group.
    • Alleged to have been purchased from the Native Chiefs Rangi Eroa and Ngati Awa, in June, 1838.1842 March 19, “Government Notices”, in New Zealand Herald and Auckland Gazette, volume 1, number 61, page 4
    • Karihi, nothing loath to help, gathered together a party of the Ngati Poutama, and went out to avenge the curse.1915, Thomas William Downes, Old Whanganui, page 72

Origin of Ngāti

From Māori Ngāti.

Questions about Ngāti

What does Ngāti mean?
Ngāti means local or tribal group.
What part of speech is Ngāti?
Ngāti is a noun.

Words near Ngāti in the dictionary

  1. Ngwei
  2. Ngã Bảy
  3. Ngäbe
  4. Ngô Quyền
  5. Ngāi
  6. Ngāti
  7. NH
  8. NHA
  9. Nha Trang
  10. Nham
  11. Nhamatanda

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