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whānau

whānau is the alternative spelling of whanau.

Meaning of whanau

Noun

whanau (usually uncountable, plural whanau or whanaus)

  1. (New Zealand, usually) An extended family.

Forms of whānau

pluralwhānau
pluralwhānaus

Questions about whānau

What is whānau the alternative spelling of?
Whānau is the alternative spelling of whanau.

Words near whānau in the dictionary

  1. Whyteleafe
  2. Whytock
  3. Whyvillian
  4. Whyvillians
  5. whyyy
  6. whānau
  7. whānaus
  8. wi
  9. wi'
  10. wi-fi
  11. wi-fi array

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whānau (page history and authors); whanau (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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