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hangi

British  
/ ˈhʌŋiː /

noun

  1. Also: Māori oven.   umu.  an open-air cooking pit

  2. the food cooked in it

  3. the social gathering at the resultant meal

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Etymology

Origin of hangi

Māori

Example Sentences

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She gives the example of the steamed hangi buns — frozen Taiwanese-style bao filled with meat cooked in a traditional Maori style — that fly off the shelves of her local supermarket.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2022

So he rounded off the day with a traditional Maori dinner or hangi.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2010

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