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Ingarihi

1. (loan) (modifier) English.

Kua tukua mai te moutere i Haipirihi e te iwi Tāke, hei nohoanga mō te iwi Ingarihi, ā kua noho te ope hōia a te Kuīni o Ingarangi i taua moutere (TW 20/7/1878:360). / The island of Cyprus has been given over by Turkey as a possession of the English people and a group of soldiers of the Queen of England has been stationed on that island.

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2. (loan) (noun) English, Englishman.

He koroa te pare o te Airihi, he kōtimana anō tō te Kōtimana, he rōhi tō te Ingarihi, he huia tō te Māori (TP 4/1900:11). / The shamrock is the emblem of the Irish, the thistle for the Scots, the rose for the English and the huia feather for the Māori.

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