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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 February price drop in King Country, the first since May 2020, reflects the new realities of the broader Seattle-area housing market.

From Seattle Times Mar. 6, 2023

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 King Country, which long remained closed to the missionaries and to all Europeans, is now open in every part.

From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by Purchas, H. T. (Henry Thomas)

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