toa
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- noun
- /toʊə/
- New Zealand
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toa
- Standing head and shoulders above everyone else, he was called a toa by his friends.
Examples
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The toa stood tall against the mountains.
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The story described a toa who could lift enormous stones with ease.
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In the old legend, a toa protected the village from harm.
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In the stories, the toa helped their people survive.
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In the legends, the Toa was said to be able to reach the clouds with just one step.
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The villagers told stories of a Toa who protected them from danger with immense strength.
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According to the myth, a Toa once lifted a heavy rock to save a child trapped beneath it.
Synonyms
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A very large imaginary person in stories
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A character from traditional stories who has magical powers
Compounds
A short phrase that helps you remember which triangle sides go with sine, cosine, and tangent
How Tall
Surface Forms
Etymology
Toa for a giant comes from Polynesian stories where toa means 'warrior' or 'brave person', and strong fighters were often imagined as so big and powerful that the word also came to mean a very tall or 'giant' person.