Kingitanga

See also: kīngitanga

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori kīngitanga (“sovereignty”), from kīngi (“to reign”) +‎ -tanga (abstract nominal suffix).

Proper noun

Kingitanga

  1. (historical) A movement among certain Māori tribes in the 1850s, aiming to establish a status similar to monarch so as to halt the alienation of Māori land.

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