hangi
Britishnoun
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Also: Māori oven. umu. an open-air cooking pit
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the food cooked in it
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the social gathering at the resultant meal
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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