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    Re: Where did these names come from? —Jordan C. Lund
   in article GG8s85.Eu4@lugnet.com, Erik Olson at olsone@spamcop.net wrote on 7/9/01 10:21 PM: (...) For some reason I associate Toa with the name for the stone heads on Easter Island. Isn't it "Moa" or something similar? - Jordan lundj@earthlink.net (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
   
        Re: Where did these names come from? —Erik Olson
   (...) That would be moai. Visit this page about Easter Island: (URL) is common Polynesian term for foul generally, and more specifically is borrowed from Maori name for an extinct ostrich-like bird! But see also Hawaiian manu (bird). Not to be (...) (23 years ago, 8-Aug-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
 

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