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whare wānanga

whare wānanga noun: formerly, a type of traditional Maori school.

Noun

whare wānanga (plural whare wānanga)

  1. (New Zealand, historical) Formerly, a type of traditional Maori school.

Forms of whare wānanga

pluralwhare wānanga

Origin of whare wānanga

Borrowed from Māori whare wānanga (“house of knowledge, [traditional] school”).

Questions about whare wānanga

What does whare wānanga mean?
Whare wānanga means formerly, a type of traditional Maori school.
What part of speech is whare wānanga?
Whare wānanga is a noun.
What is the plural of whare wānanga?
The plural of whare wānanga is whare wānanga.

Words near whare wānanga in the dictionary

  1. whapuku
  2. whar
  3. wharangi
  4. Wharanui
  5. whare
  6. whare wānanga
  7. wharekai
  8. wharenui
  9. wharenuis
  10. wharepuni
  11. wharepunis

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