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wa·hi·ne

 (wä-hē′nē, -nā′) also va·hi·ne (vä-)
n.
1. Hawaii A Polynesian woman.
2. Slang A woman surfer.
[Hawaiian, from Proto-Polynesian *fafine.]
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wahine

(wɑːˈhiːnɪ)
n
(Anthropology & Ethnology) (esp in the Pacific islands) a Polynesian or Māori woman, esp a girlfriend or wife
[C19: from Māori and Hawaiian]
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wa•hi•ne

(wɑˈhi ni, -neɪ)

n., pl. -ne.
1. a Polynesian woman, esp. in Hawaii or New Zealand.
2. Slang. a young woman surfer.
[1835–45; < Hawaiian or Maori]
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