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King Country

British  

noun

  1. an area in the centre of North Island, New Zealand: home of the King Movement, a nineteenth-century Māori separatist movement

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The King Country Regional Homelessness Authority announced Sunday that it is activating severe weather response protocols through Friday, which means expanding emergency shelter capacity, extending day center service hours, and distributing food.

From Seattle Times Nov. 6, 2022

Every night, staff at Mary’s Place have to tell 15 to 20 families who have called seeking shelter that there’s no space for them at any agency across King Country.

From Seattle Times Nov. 15, 2018

He’s now a King Country Councilman, working out of an office in the same building where he was jailed for the Franklin sit-in.

From Seattle Times Aug. 30, 2018

When he was 7, his parents moved to a hill farm in the rugged King Country, in the heart of the North Island.

From New York Times Aug. 22, 2017

The portion specially alloted to them is called the King Country, and no European may enter this without permission.

From Six Letters From the Colonies by Seaton, R. C. (Robert Cooper)

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