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noun
An extended group of Maori kin groups or families, sharing common ancestry; a tribe. (An iwi is smaller than a waka and larger than a hapu.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Māori iwi (literally “bone”), ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi (“thorn”). Doublet of durian, from Malay.
