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Maori
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Maori has 2 senses
- maori(n = noun.group) Array - an ethnic minority of Polynesian and Melanesian descent who speak Maori and live in New Zealand; Array is a kind of ethnic minority
- maori(n = noun.communication) Array - the Oceanic language spoken by the Maori in New Zealand; Array is a kind of eastern malayo-polynesian, oceanic
CIDE DICTIONARY
Maori, prop. n.
One of the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand; also, the original language of New Zealand. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Maori, n. & adj.
--n. (pl. same or Maoris)
1 a member of the Polynesian aboriginal people of New Zealand.
2 the language of the Maori.
--adj. of or concerning the Maori or their language.
--n. (pl. same or Maoris)
1 a member of the Polynesian aboriginal people of New Zealand.
2 the language of the Maori.
--adj. of or concerning the Maori or their language.
Etymology
native name
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