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tauas

tauas is the plural of taua.

Meaning of taua

Noun

taua (plural tauas)

  1. (New Zealand) A group of Maori warriors sent out as a war party.
    • Late that night, while the Hauraki people were celebrating their deliverance, Hongi and his tauā returned to attack under cover of darkness and killed some 60 people still within the pā.2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 125

Questions about tauas

What is tauas the plural of?
Tauas is the plural of taua.

Words near tauas in the dictionary

  1. tau yu bak
  2. Tau-lak
  3. tau-saghyz
  4. taua
  5. taualuga
  6. tauas
  7. Taub
  8. taubada
  9. taubadas
  10. Tauber
  11. Tauberbischofsheim

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