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Definition of “hangi”

hangi (ˈhʌŋiː Pronunciation for hangi

Definitions

noun

(New Zealand)
  1. Also: Māori oven, umu. an open-air cooking pit
  2. the food cooked in it
  3. the social gathering at the resultant meal

Word Origin

Māori

Example Sentences Including 'hangi'

Boiling mud pools are on the menu before an authentic Maori hangi dinner and concert.
The Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2005)
Many of the concerts are followed by a meal cooked the hangi way - in an underground earth oven.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
Single island tours are available and two island tours can take you along the Transalpine railway and you can join a Maori hangi in Rotorua.
Misc (1999)

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