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Maori

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmaʊri/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mä′ô rē, -ō rē, mou′rē, mä′rē)

Inflections of 'Maori' (n):
Maoris
npl (For people only)
Maori
npl (Can be used as a collective plural for people—e.g. "These lands were once exclusively inhabited by Maori.")

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Ma•o•ri  (mä′ô rē, -ō rē, mou′rē, mä′rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ris, (esp. collectively) -ri for 1, adj. 
n. 
  1. a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
  2. a Polynesian language, the language of the Maoris.

adj. 
  1. of or pertaining to the Maoris or their language.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Māori /ˈmaʊrɪ/ n
  1. ( pl -ri, -ris) a member of the people living in New Zealand and the Cook Islands since before the arrival of European settlers. They are descended from Polynesian voyagers who migrated in successive waves from the ninth century onwards
  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian family
 adj
  1. of or relating to this people or their language
'Maori' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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