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Tiamani

1. (loan) (location) Germany.

Nō te 27 o Oketopa i te tau 1942 i hinga ai tana hoa tāne i te Pakanga Tuarua i a ia e mauherehere ana i Tiamani (TTR 1998:62). / On 27 October 1942 her husband died in the Second World War while he was a prisioner in Germany.

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2. (loan) (personal noun) Germany - a country in central Europe.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 70;)

I tērā tau i mātakitaki tātau ki te ānga haeretanga a Tiamani i a Rūhia, me te mea nā anō kua pēpē te mana o Rūhia (TKO 15/8/1916:8). / Last year we watched Germany drive away Russia and it would seem the mana of Russia has been crushed.

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3. (loan) (noun) German.

…ko tōna mōhio ki te kōrero i ngā reo maha, arā, Tiamani, Wīwī, Ingarihi, Ārapi, Tāke, Itāriana, me tō Pāhia (TP 11/1908:8). / …and his knowledge at speaking many languages, that is, German, French, English, Arabic, Turkish, Italian, and that of Persia.

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