hangi
/ (ˈhʌŋiː) /
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noun NZ
Also: Māori oven, umu an open-air cooking pit
the food cooked in it
the social gathering at the resultant meal
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Word Origin for hangi
Māori
Words nearby hangi
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How to use hangi in a sentence
A bird known locally as Hangi, not met elsewhere in Europe, nests at Filfla.
The Hangi-Maori, or Maori oven, is nothing but a hole some three feet long by one and a half deep excavated in the earth.
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III|Karl Ritter von ScherzerHe flashed his tomahawk in the air; he yelled, "We must have one body—one body to cook in the hangi!"
The adventures of Kimble Bent|James Cowan