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MAORI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Oceanic language spoken by the Maori in New Zealand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Maori" is a kind of...):
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian; Oceanic (an eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An ethnic minority of Polynesian and Melanesian descent who speak Maori and live in New Zealand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Maori" is a kind of...):
ethnic minority (a group that has different national or cultural traditions from the majority of the population)
