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Haipīria

1. (loan) (location) Siberia - a vast region of Russia, extending from the Urals to the Pacific and from the Arctic coast to the northern borders of Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China.

E kore e taea e tātou te whai te kūaka kia mōhio ai tātou ki te kāinga e haeretia nei otirā kua kitea e ētahi tangata rere ai ki Rūhia, arā ki Haipīria (TP 12/1901:8). / We are not able to follow the godwits to find out the place they go to but they have been seen by some people flying to Russia, that is, to Siberia.

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