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kūraenga

1. (noun) headland, promontory, peninsula.

Kātahi te iwi nei ka ara ki te whiu i ngā hōiho nei ki tētahi wāhi, he kūraenga; he awa katoa ngā taha, e kore te mea e whiti (HKW 1/11/1901:8). / Then this tribe rose up to drive these horses to a particular place, a headland, with rivers that could not be crossed on all sides.

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Synonyms: pukerae, koutu, kūiti, kūrae, raenga kūiti, koraenga, koraenga, mātārae, kūmū, ponaihu, koi, koi, matamata, matamata, tūmū, kūmore, rae, raenga, raenga, more

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