Standard Lemma guide

sango

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Australian: /ˈsæŋəʊ/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æŋəʊ

1

name

Meaning 1

The primary language spoken in the Central African Republic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Sango has 5 million second-language speakers, but only 400,000 native speakers, mainly in the towns.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A sandwich.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, colloquial, dated, informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A rudimentary wooden bridge in India.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

Examples

  • 1824, Alexander Gerard, Journal of an Excursion through the Himalayah Mountains, from Shipke to the Frontiers of Chinese Tartary, David Brewster (editor), The Edinburgh Journal of Science, Volume 1: April—October, page 219, We crossed it and another stream a little above their union by a couple of bad sangos, and ascended from its bed by a rocky footpath, winding amongst extensive forests of oak, yew, pine, and horse chesnut, to Camp.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a trade language widely used in Chad

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Niger-Congo

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Sango Sängö.

Abbreviation of sandwich (pronounced sangwich) + -o (colloquialising suffix). Australian from 1940s.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَانْغُوِيَّة (sānḡuwiyya) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 桑戈語 /桑戈语 (Sānggēyǔ) — language
  • Finnish: sango — language
  • German: Sango — language
  • Japanese: サンゴ語 (Sango-go) — language
  • Korean: 상고어 (Sanggo'eo) — language
  • Polish: sango — language
  • Russian: са́нго (sángo) — language
  • Sango: Sängö — language