toa
Americannoun
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in various Indigenous Polynesian cultures, a fearless warrior.
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a tall hardwood tree (Casuarina equisetifolia ) native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and Polynesia: used by the Indigenous inhabitants of Polynesia to make tools and weapons.
Etymology
Origin of toa
First recorded in 1775–85; toa def. 1 from Maori; toa def. 2 from one of the Polynesian languages, perhaps also Maori
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According toa new report by the Pew Research Center, the new Congress has 91 members who are nonwhite, accounting for 17 percent of the legislative body.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2015
Four people inside were taken to area hospitals in serious-to-critical condition, according toa spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department, but police said a woman and two men were taken from the scene.
From Chicago Tribune ● Mar. 17, 2012
We got off toa bad start, then we played about as well as we can play.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2010
District Court Judge John F. X. McGohey in Manhattan fined RCA $100,000 when the company pleaded nolo contendere toa four-count criminal indictment on monopoly charges.
From Time Magazine Archive
There, he's starting:" "Miti Ioka, malie toa, toa malohi Kapeni Iota, arii vaka!
From Yorke The Adventurer by Louis Becke
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