ngawha
/ˈŋɑːfə
/noun (plural same or ngawhas) NZ
A hot spring: a map shows the location of most of the ngawhas...
- In the depths somewhere is a ngawha.
- It seems to have resembled a ngawha, or a simple boiling-spring.
- One of them fell in a ngawha, was badly scalded and died.
Origin
Mid 19th century: Maori.
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