Etymology

tangata whenua

Today it means: Local or indigenous people; specifically, the Maori. Full definition →

Māori tangata whenua
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  1. Māori · borrowed fromtangata whenua
  2. Māori · borrowed fromtangata whenua
  3. English todaytangata whenua

Borrowed from Māori tangata whenua (“people of the land”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.