Ngāti

noun

local or tribal group.

OriginMāori Ngāti →
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Meanings

noun
  1. New Zealandlocal or tribal group.

    Alleged to have been purchased from the Native Chiefs Rangi Eroa and Ngati Awa, in June, 1838.

    1842 March 19, “Government Notices”, in New Zealand Herald and Auckland Gazette, volume 1, number 61, page 4
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    Karihi, nothing loath to help, gathered together a party of the Ngati Poutama, and went out to avenge the curse.

    1915, Thomas William Downes, Old Whanganui, page 72

Origin

  1. MāoriNgāti
  2. EnglishNgāti

From Māori Ngāti.

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Chicago

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