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单词 whanau
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Definition of whanau in English:

whanau

nounˈfɑːnaʊ
NZ
  • An extended family or community of related families who live together in the same area.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They will also be able to see how their families and whanau interacted with the Government.
    • The sum of $4 million has been allocated over 4 years to strengthen use of Maori language in whanau and communities.
    • The pito or umbilical cord symbolically tied that child to its tribe, its whanau, its hapu, and the land it inherited.
    • When I arrived at the Waikare estuary, my whanau were exercising a traditional historical exercise of catching flounder.
    • They always provided the best of opportunities for their children as well as caring for their extended whanau and the Temuka community.

Origin

Maori.

 
 
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