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panga
[ pahng-guh ]
noun
- a large, broad-bladed African knife used as a weapon or as an implement for cutting heavy jungle growth, sugarcane, etc.; machete.
panga
/ ˈæŋɡə /
noun
- a broad heavy knife of E Africa, used as a tool or weapon
- a small fishing boat first developed in Japan and now used chiefly in US and Central American waters
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Word History and Origins
Origin of panga1
Borrowed into English from Swahili around 1930–35
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Word History and Origins
Origin of panga1
from a native E African word. The panga boat is so called because it resembles the knife in shape
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“People have observed pangas crammed with illegal aliens, hitting our beach, and then scattering in the community or jumping into a van, which is parked nearby and ready to receive them,” Knoblock said.
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Alcarez was arrested after Coast Guard gunshots disabled the panga’s engine.
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Lifeguards found “lifeless bodies and two overturned pangas spread over an area of about 400 yards,” Ms. Muñoz said.
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He didn’t know what kind of boats they were, but said pangas - small open boats with outboard engines used in smuggling operations - often come ashore there.
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The old man laid the panga on the hot coals.
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