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pirinihehe

1. (loan) (noun) princess.

Ko Piriniha Wikita Emanuera, he tangata tino aroha atu ki tōna whaea. Kāti ko te kōrero o tōna mārenatanga ki te pirinihehe ātaahua o Monotenīkoro, ki a Pirinihehe Herene (TPH 31/10/1900:4). / Prince Victor Emmanuel was a man who really loved his mother Well, this is the account of his marriage to the beautiful princess of Montenegro, Princess Elena.

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2. (loan) (personal noun) Princess.

Nō tētahi o ngā rā o Hune, ka mārenatia a Hōri Tūpou te Tuarua, Kīngi o Tonga, ki a Pirinihehe Rāwinia Kupu (TJ 28/9/1899:10). / One day in June, George Tūpou the Second, the king of Tonga, married Princess Lavinia Kupu.

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