King Country

English

Proper noun

King Country

  1. A geographic area of hills in the regions of Waikatu and Manawatū-Whanganui, in the west of the central North Island of New Zealand.
    • 1954 June, J. B. Snell, “The New Zealand Government Railways—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 382:
      By 1890, peace had come to the "King Country," the Maori stronghold in the mountains, the 200-mile line from Te Kuiti to Marton had been surveyed, and work started.
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