mauri

Mauri may refer to:

In the Maori language of New Zealand, Mauri means the life force which binds together every branch of Maoridom into one entity.

In Polynesian mythology, Mauri is the soul of a person which lives on after death. It is roughly equivalent to the western ghost - see Mauri (soul).

*The Mauri were the people of Mauretania (not the same as Mauritania), and gave their name to the Moors.

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