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Meaning of taua | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A group of Maori warriors sent out as a war party.

New-Zealand

Equivalents

Português Tauá

Examples

“Late that night, while the Hauraki people were celebrating their deliverance, Hongi and his tauā returned to attack under cover⟳ of darkness and killed some 60 people still within the pā.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

taualuga Taub taubada Tauber Tauberbischofsheim Tauberian theorem

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