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单词 Pakeha
释义

Pakeha

/ˈpɑːkɪhɑː /
noun NZ
A white New Zealander as opposed to a Maori: [as modifier]: Pakeha influences...
  • So it's a mystery why, unique in the world, some European New Zealanders refer to themselves as pakehas - an insulting name originally applied by the Maoris to the fair-skinned Imperialists who were in the process of conquering them!‘.
  • In the same speech he uttered the weighty words ‘Maori and pakeha are both indigenous people to New Zealand now‘.
  • The latest New Zealand Census-Mortality Study shows that Maori die younger than pakeha, even after controlling for socioeconomic status.

Origin

Maori.

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