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Definition of Te kanawa
1. Noun. New Zealand operatic soprano (born in 1944).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Te Kanawa
Literary usage of Te kanawa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Maori Lore: The Traditions of the Maori People, with the More Important of by George Grey (1904)
"te kanawa, a great chief of Waikato, one day went out with his dogs to catch kiwis.
When night fell this hero and his friends—for, of course, ..."
2. Maori Lore: The Traditions of the Maori People, with the More Important of by George Grey (1904)
"te kanawa knew them. The voices of men and of women mingled with the cries ...
te kanawa pondered who these people could be. Enemies? No; te kanawa did not ..."
3. The Journal of the Polynesian Society by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) (1916)
"Then he heard the sound of the trumpet of te kanawa [an ancestor of ... where he
met te kanawa. On their return they dwelt for a while at their village at ..."
4. Polynesian Mythology and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealand Race by George Grey (1885)
"A sudden thought struck te kanawa, that he might induce them to go away if he
... Ah, te kanawa was only trying to amuse and please them to save his life, ..."
5. Musical Myths and Facts by Carl Engel (1876)
"One day, when te kanawa, a chief of one of the Maori tribes, happened to fall in
with a ... te kanawa had died before any Europeans arrived in New Zealand, ..."
6. History of New Zealand by George William Rusden (1883)
"Te Where Whero then was called upon by te kanawa to speak. He changed the subject
abruptly. ... te kanawa urged the Governor to comply with the request. ..."
7. History of New Zealand by George William Rusden (1883)
"Te Whero Whero then was called upon by te kanawa to speak. He changed the subject
abruptly. ... te kanawa urged the Governor to comply with the request. ..."
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