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Definition of Panga
1. Noun. A large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation.
Definition of Panga
1. Noun. (East Africa South Africa) A large broad-bladed knife. ¹
2. Noun. Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus ''Pangasius'', native to southeast Asia, especially the iridescent shark, ''Pangasius hypophthalmus''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Panga
1. a large knife [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Panga
Literary usage of Panga
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. In Darkest Africa Or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"FROM panga PALLS TO ... so strong was the current sweeping down the smooth
dangerous slope of river towards panga—it appeared to have been originally a flat ..."
2. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"panga, as pain ... we slept in such a house ; kit-panga mo-ipa ... ku, I., see
panga; то MAKE AN AGREEMENT. II. ..."
3. In Darkest Africa: Or, The Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"On exploring it on the 7th—by no means an easy task, so strong was the current
sweeping down the smooth dangerous slope of river towards panga—it appeared ..."
4. Universal Geography: Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1826)
"Province of Sandi, to the north-east of St. Salvador, is bounded on °dl' the
north by the river Zaire, on the south-east by the provinces of Batta and panga ..."
5. My Personal Experiences in Equatorial Africa: As Medical Officer of the Emin by Thomas Heazle Parke (1891)
"... of goat» by Mr. Stanley—panga Falls—Weak state of our men from ulcers—We forage
for food—A dead man prepared for burial—-African chickens—A Zanzibari ..."
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