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te reo

te reo proper noun: the Māori language.

Proper noun

te reo

  1. (New Zealand) The Māori language.
    • Currently, many Kiwis are learning te reo.

Origin of te reo

Borrowed from Māori te reo (“Māori”, literally “the language”).

Questions about te reo

What does te reo mean?
Te reo means the Māori language.
What part of speech is te reo?
Te reo is a proper noun.

Words near te reo in the dictionary

  1. Te Kawa
  2. Te Kinga
  3. Te Kuiti
  4. Te Moana-a-Toi
  5. Te Puke
  6. te reo
  7. Te-ch'ing
  8. Te-chou
  9. te-he
  10. te-hee
  11. te-heed

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