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rangitoto

1. (noun) lava, scoria.

I whakangaromia te whare e te rangitoto me te pungarehu o te maunga. / The house was destroyed by the lava and the ash of the mountain.

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Synonyms: rahoto, tahepuia, matā


2. (noun) volcano.

Mutu ana te puha o taua rangitoto, ka puha anō ko tētahi i mamao noa atu, kotahi rau māero te mataratanga o tētahi o tētahi o aua puha nei (TW 21/8/1875:160). / When this volcano ceased erupting, another one erupted some distance away. Those eruptions were a hundred miles from each other.

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