atua

/ (ˈɑːtuːə) /

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noun

NZ a spirit or demon

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Word Origin for atua

Māori

Words nearby atua

Attucks, Attucks, Crispus, attune, attuned, atty., atua, Atum, ATV, at variance, atwain, at war

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How to use atua in a sentence

Yet the word Atua denotes gods who are recognised as ghosts of chiefs, no less than it denotes the supreme existence.
Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1|Andrew Lang
The white man's God they believe to be altogether a different being from their own atua.
John Rutherford, the White Chief|George Lillie Craik
When this was done it was taken possession of by the Atua, whose spirit entered it.
The Evolution of Theology: An Anthropological Study|Thomas Henry Huxley
On the morrow of the fight at Vaitele, an Atua man discovered a body lying in the bush: he took the head.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson

With Atua, the other disaffected province, we have been and are on the brink of 406 war.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson