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mangas

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: M AE1 NG G AH0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of cocky, working-class man in early twentieth-century Greece, associated with violent behaviour, alcohol and hashish, and celebrated in various folk songs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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noun

Meaning 2

plural of manga

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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History

Etymology

From Greek μάγκας (mágkas).

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