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noun
A large broad-bladed knife.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Africa, East, South-Africa
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noun
Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially an iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus, now reclassified as Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.
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noun
A type of modest-sized, open, outboard-powered, fishing boat common throughout much of the developing world, including Central America, the Caribbean, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia.
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noun
A small inflatable motorboat used in Latin America.
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noun
a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: machete, matchet
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Broader terms: knife
History
Borrowed from Swahili panga (“machete”).
Back-formation from the plural, from the stem of translingual Pangasius (genus name), from Bengali পাঙ্গাশ (paṅgaś, “mud- or brown-coloured fish”).
Borrowed from Spanish panga (“motorboat”).
Across languages
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