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/ˈhaŋi/ · noun
(New Zealand) A traditional Māori pit oven, in which (suitably wrapped) raw food is lain on a base of heated stones..
The ovens were used to cook food in identical fashion to the Maori hangi and the Papuan stone ovens.
He glanced at the formal setting in front of him, wishing he could be at a marae eating hangi right now.
Use hangi when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hangi means (New Zealand) A traditional Māori pit oven, in which (suitably wrapped) raw food is lain on a base of heated stones..
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The ovens were used to cook food in identical fashion to the Maori hangi and the Papuan stone ovens.
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