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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

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

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

It was in the heart of the King Country.

From The Long White Cloud by William Pember Reeves

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