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karanga¹

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From Māori karanga.

noun karangas

  1. In Māori culture, an exchange of calls that forms part of the pōhiri. A karanga expert from within the manuhiri ope responds to the first karanga of the tangata whenua and indicates who they are.

Karanga²

proper noun

  1. A Maban language spoken in Chad.

Karanga³

proper noun

  1. A dialect of the Shona language of Zimbabwe.

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"karanga." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/karanga. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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karanga. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/karanga

Chicago

"karanga." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/karanga.

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@misc{karanga_2026,
  title = {karanga},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/karanga},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}