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单词 hikoi
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Definition of hikoi in English:

hikoi

nounPlural hikoisˈhiːkɔɪ
NZ
  • A communal walk or march, typically for publicity or as a form of protest.

    there were tents on parliament lawn and hikois through the capital
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Similarly there is a story from the Hikoi of the woman who gave her shoes to a walker whose own shoes were expiring.
    • Against this background, the first land rights hikoi was organised in 1975.
    • The Green Party MPs were holding the banner when the hikoi arrived.
    • In early May, some 15,000 people protested outside parliament following a two-week hikoi by Maori.
    • I ask Parliament why the Prime Minister has not gone down to talk to those in the hikoi who have assembled out the front.
    • People have been angered by the term coined by the media - 'hikoi of the hopeless'.
    • The massive disruption estimated by the illegal Maori hikoi turned out to be adequately managed by the police.
    • I would also like to praise the police activities on the hikoi.
    • I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people involved in making this hikoi possible.
    • The hikoi coincided with the 59th anniversary of the second battle of El Alamein.

Origin

Maori.

 
 
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