Maori

[ mah-aw-ree, -oh-ree, mou-ree, mah-ree ]

noun

, plural Ma·o·ris, (especially collectively) Ma·o·ri

1. a member of the Native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
2. a Polynesian language, the language of the Maoris.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Maoris or their language.

Māori

/ ˈmaʊrɪ /

noun

1. -ri-ris a member of the people living in New Zealand and the Cook Islands since before the arrival of European settlers. They are descended from Polynesian voyagers who migrated in successive waves from the ninth century onwards
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian family

adjective

1. of or relating to this people or their language

Example Sentences

The Haka, a traditional Maori dance, is best known as the pregame ritual of the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team.

From The Daily Beast

However one Maori king has refused to meet the royals saying the 45-minute window he was allotted was not sufficiently respectful.

From The Daily Beast

Named after the Maori forest god, the largest living kauri has stretched to 167 feet in height in its 1200-plus years.

From The Daily Beast

Sollecito confesses his disdain and distrust of his Pugliese lawyer Tiziano Tedeschi and his Perugian lawyer Luca Maori.

From The Daily Beast

Garnish with purple Maori potato, vegetables and lightly fried kawakawa leaves.

From The Daily Beast

(For the purpose of these figures "Maori" means of the half-blood or more).

From Project Gutenberg

During this same period there were 1,433 non-Maori offenders, or 72 per cent of those delinquents.

From Project Gutenberg

She was down in the school registers as Sarah Moses, Maori, 16 years and three months.

From Project Gutenberg

He saw the Maori come out strong in her face, and he knew the Maori had got the better of everything, husband and friends and all.

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As in the Maori myth, one of the children of Heaven stood apart and did not consent to the deed.

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