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Whītī

1. (loan) (location) Fiji.

Kua tae mai ngā kōrero a te Kīngi me ngā rangatira o Whītī, mō tō rātou whenua, kia mahia ngā tikanga o taua whenua e te Kuīni o Ingarangi (TW 5/8/1874:3). / Word has arrived from the King and chiefs of Fiji concerning their lands, that the control of that land be exercised by the Queen of England.

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2. (loan) (noun) Fijian.

He Weteriana ngā Whītī i haere ki Ingarangi ki te whakawahinga o Kīngi Eruera (TP 3/1903:10). / The Fijians who went to England for King Edward’s coronation were Wesleyans.

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