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rangatiras

rangatiras is the plural of rangatira.

Meaning of rangatira

Noun

rangatira (plural rangatiras)

  1. (New Zealand) A hereditary Māori leader of a kinship group; a chieftain or high-born Maori.
    • Stout commoners on the left side, and real rangatira on the right distaff side. A New Zealander through and through.1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 99

Questions about rangatiras

What is rangatiras the plural of?
Rangatiras is the plural of rangatira.

Words near rangatiras in the dictionary

  1. Ranganath
  2. Ranganatha
  3. Rangari
  4. rangas
  5. rangatira
  6. rangatiras
  7. rangatiratanga
  8. range
  9. range anxiety
  10. range extender
  11. range extenders

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