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Whare vs Marae - What's the difference?

whare | marae |

As nouns the difference between whare and marae

is that whare is maori hut while marae is (archaic) a polynesian sacred altar or enclosure.

whare

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Maori hut
    • We were on the brow of the hill, and below us there was a whare roofed in with corrugated iron. - "The Woman At The Store", from "Selected Short Stories" by Katherine Mansfield (first published in 1912)
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    marae

    English

    (wikipedia marae)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) a Polynesian sacred altar or enclosure
  • :* 2004': The path ended down by the sea at a crumbling ‘ingot’ of black coral, twenty yards in length & in height two men. ‘A '''''marae'' , this is called,’ Mr Wagstaff informed me. ‘All over the South Seas you see ’em, I’m told.’ — David Mitchell, ''Cloud Atlas
  • the courtyard of a Maori wharenui or meeting-house and the buildings around it

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