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papakainga

papakainga noun: land used for housing by a hapu or whanau group.

Noun

papakainga (plural papakaingas)

  1. (New Zealand) Land used for housing by a hapu or whanau group.

Forms of papakainga

pluralpapakaingas

Origin of papakainga

Borrowed from Māori papa kāinga, papakāinga.

Questions about papakainga

What does papakainga mean?
Papakainga means land used for housing by a hapu or whanau group.
What part of speech is papakainga?
Papakainga is a noun.
What is the plural of papakainga?
The plural of papakainga is papakaingas.

Words near papakainga in the dictionary

  1. papainase
  2. papains
  3. papaitan
  4. papaji
  5. papajis
  6. papakainga
  7. papakaingas
  8. papakh
  9. papakha
  10. papakhas
  11. papakhs

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