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moai

/ ˈməʊaɪ /

noun

  1. any of the gigantic carved stone figures found on Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of moai1

from Rapanui (the Polynesian language of Easter Island), literally: statue, figurine
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Example Sentences

One full-moon night, a friend and I dragged our hotel bedding to the great stone heads, the moai, some 24 feet tall.

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