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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MANAIA

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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MANAIA

manaia  [mɑːnɑːiːə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MANAIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Manaia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MANAIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Manaia

Manaia may refer to: ▪ Manaia, a bird-headed mythological creature and symbol of protection in Māori mythology ▪ Manaia, a social rank in Samoa held by the son of a chief of the public ▪ Manaia, a Māori cultural group in the United Kingdom ▪ Manaia Studio, a recording studio in Niue ▪ Michael James Manaia, a play by Māori playwright John Broughton...

Definition of manaia in the English dictionary

The definition of manaia in the dictionary is a common figure in Māori carving consisting of a human body and a bird-like head.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MANAIA


Bahia
bəˈhiːə
diarrhea
ˌdaɪəˈriːə
freer
ˈfriːə
galleria
ˌɡæləˈriːə
Hialeah
ˌhaɪəˈliːə
jamahiriya
dʒəˌmɑːhɪˈriːə
Korea
kəˈriːə
Nicosia
ˌnɪkəˈsiːə
Odia
əˈdiːə
Oea
ˈiːə
Oriya
ɒˈriːə
ossia
əʊˈsiːə
pizzeria
ˌpiːtsəˈriːə
ria
ˈriːə
rupiah
ruːˈpiːə
sangria
sæŋˈɡriːə
sharia
ʃəˈriːə
Shia
ˈʃiːə
skier
ˈskiːə
tortilla
tɔːˈtiːə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MANAIA

managerial
managerial staff
managerialism
managerialist
managerially
managership
managing
managing director
managing editor
Managua
manakin
Manama
manana
Manases
Manassas
Manasseh
manat
manatee
manatoid
manatu

WORDS THAT END LIKE MANAIA

Achaia
Aglaia
Algeria
Arabia
Araguaia
Asia
Australia
Austria
Bahasa Indonesia
Bolivia
Bosnia
Bulgaria
California
Colombia
Columbia
Gaia
Maia
Praia
raia
sapucaia

Synonyms and antonyms of manaia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «manaia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MANAIA

Find out the translation of manaia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of manaia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «manaia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

manaia
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

manaia
570 millions of speakers

English

manaia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

manaia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

manaia
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Manaia
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Manaia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

manaia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

manaia
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Manaia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

manaia
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マナイア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마나이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Manaia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

manaia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Manaia
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मॅनिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Manaia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

manaia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

manaia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Manaia
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Manaia
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Manaia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

manaia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Manaia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Manaia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of manaia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MANAIA»

The term «manaia» is regularly used and occupies the 62.335 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MANAIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «manaia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «manaia» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about manaia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MANAIA»

Discover the use of manaia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to manaia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Carved Pare: A Maori Mirror of the Universe
One-figure pare (plates 3-52) • One central figure with manaia either side and broken designs between. • One figure, with a pair of extra manaia between the central figure and the flanking manaia. • One figure with smaller figures between it ...
David Simmons, 2001
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New Zealand
One tells of a jealous dispute between two chiefs, Manaia, whose pa (fortified village) stood atop Mount Manaia, and the lesser chief, Hautatu, from across the water at Marsden Point, who was married to the beautiful Pito. Hautatu was sent ...
Laura Harper, Tony Mudd, Paul Whitfield, 2002
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New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
Since this date, most workers have agreed that Moehau and Manaia Hill Series are identical in character and structurally continuous in outcrop (Smale 1962; Skinner 1962), but Smale (1962) insisted that these two series were distinct from a ...
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The Lore of the Whare-wānanga: Or Teachings of the Maori ...
Te Korero mo Manaia i Hawaiki—Ka manu mai a Manaia ki Aotea -roa—Te Korero mo Tama-ahua—Ka haere a Tama-ahua ma ki te kimi pounamu. TE KORERO MO MANAIA. KO Tomo-whare, he mea tiki e Manaia hei tohunga tarai haumi, ...
H. T. Whatahoro, 2011
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In the Shadow of Manaia: Colonial Narratives of Violence ...
The texts contain explicit descriptions of acts of violence, at the same time, they represent performances of race, gender and sexuality coded as natural and inherent in particular bodies.
Michelle F. Erai, 2007
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Whare Waananga Oo Te Tuhi Auturoa Revised:
THE wife of Manaia was named Warea, and she committed adultery with Tomowhare. On one occasion Manaia sent for Tomowhare to act as a tohunga in making haumi for a canoe, paddles, maipi , tokotoko. Tomowhare came and stayed at ...
Clayton Taylor-Nelson, 2013
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Ngāti Ruanui: A History
(Let the birthday of Matutaera be eaten, because his kingship was of man and not of God.)35 Ironically, when Manaia Hukanui went into Waihl to report on the movements of the Klngitanga party he was arrested and spent two nights in prison.
Tony Sole, 2005
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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
WAIPAPA/MANAIA HILL TRACT The Waipapa Terrane (Sporli, 1978) encompassed both of Kear's (1971) "Hunua" and "Morrinsville Facies" (Black, 1989). The "Hunua Facies" comprised the highly contorted, rarely fossiliferous, Waipapa ...
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New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
TYPE: Thames-Coromandel highway on north-east side of the "Manaia Hill" section, N43/9S2646-9S7650. More than six metres of interbedded dark grey sslt - stone and moderately thick ^andstone with round pebbles up to 25 mm at base,  ...
10
Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 5: The ...
(Reprinted with permission from Manaia et al., 2004. Int.J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 54: 783–789.) The major respiratory quinones of Pseudoclavibacter are menaquinones. In Pseudoclavibacter helvolus MK-9 accounts for approximately 90%, ...
William B. Whitman, Aidan Parte, Michael Goodfellow, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MANAIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term manaia is used in the context of the following news items.
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Live coverage of the round 20 NRL team announcements, including …
Interchange: 14 Manaia Cherrington 15 Keith Galloway 16 Jack Buchanan 17 Curtis Sironen 18 Brendan Santi. * David Nofoaluma (knee) ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
2
NRL team lists for Round 20
Interchange: Manaia Cherrington, Keith Galloway, Jack Buchanan, Curtis Sironen, Brendan Santi (one to be omitted). ROOSTERS: Roger ... «Perth Now, Jul 15»
3
Kansas' David Beaty focuses recruiting efforts on state of Texas …
The latest commitment — which came from defensive end Manaia Perese of Snow College in Ephraim, Utah — came on Sunday afternoon. «Kansas City Star, Jul 15»
4
Big 12 media day: Conference cuts back on number of contact …
The latest commitment — which came from defensive end Manaia Perese of Snow College in Ephraim, Utah — came on Sunday afternoon. «Wichita Eagle, Jul 15»
5
Why the Tigers must clear the decks
... to make with star lock Martin Taupau off contract at the end of next season along with Robbie Farah's back-up hooker Manaia Cherrington. «Perth Now, Jul 15»
6
KU Football lands 2016 junior college D-tackle | KUsports.com
... fixing one of its weakest and thinnest positions, when Snow College defensive tackle Manaia Perese orally committed to join the program. «KUsports, Jul 15»
7
NRL Wests Tigers salary cap drama means Jason Taylor must make …
Manaia Cherrington of the Wests Tigers passes the ball. Source: AP. Farah doesn't come off contract until the end of 2017 and is the club's ... «Fox Sports, Jul 15»
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Ladder-leading Broncos trounce Tigers - NRL.com
Lazy marker defence allowed Manaia Cherrington to burrow his way over the line to narrow the deficit to 16 points with 30 minutes left on the ... «NRL.COM, Jul 15»
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Whiti Te Ra complete three-peat of Manawatu titles despite Kia Ora …
The damage had already been done by Whiti Te Ra, who had their big forwards rolling up the field all day, making it easy for five-eighth Manaia ... «Manawatu Standard, Jul 15»
10
Mark Courtright
... and Maninoa, Avea and Manaia Courtright of Waukee; his siblings, Stanley Courtright of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., Joseph (Nancy Jackson) ... «Sioux City Journal, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Manaia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/manaia>. Apr 2024 ».
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