"hapua" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hapua [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Māori hāpua (“be hollow, depressed like a valley, be hollowed out, scooped out”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|mi|hāpua|t=be hollow, depressed like a valley, be hollowed out, scooped out}} Māori hāpua (“be hollow, depressed like a valley, be hollowed out, scooped out”) Head templates: {{en-noun|*}} hapua (plural hapua)
  1. (geography) a river-mouth lagoon, chiefly in New Zealand, formed at the interface between a braided river and a mixed sand and gravel beach deposited and extended by longshore drift.
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