panga
a large, broad-bladed African knife used as a weapon or as an implement for cutting heavy jungle growth, sugarcane, etc.; machete.
Origin of panga
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How to use panga in a sentence
The panga ya Saidi burial is a major breakthrough for understanding how early populations in Africa treated their dead, allowing us to start situating these behaviors alongside what we know about how culture developed in other regions.
A Cave Site in Kenya’s Forests Reveals the Oldest Human Burial in Africa | Alison Crowther | May 28, 2021 | Singularity HubEvery porter had a red blanket, and practically every one wore a panga.
Cupid in Africa | P. C. WrenThe only provocation we suffered was from the attacks of the tsetse, or panga (sword) fly, which swarmed here.
How I Found Livingstone | Henry M. StanleyThe officers, including the Commander, also waited stiffly at attention while the fisherman tied his panga to the ship's ladder.
Secret Armies | John L. SpivakRhododendron minus recommenced after leaving the river towards panga, a straggling cedar or two occurred, Populus rotundifol.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The | William Griffith
Cham na cham mig tu panga auc onan moquiz cham to gai ha cua che nag omreina li vi hiche ca noc yb heg g y vi au qui g topanga.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 3 | Hubert Howe Bancroft
British Dictionary definitions for panga
/ (ˈpæŋɡə) /
a broad heavy knife of E Africa, used as a tool or weapon
US a small fishing boat first developed in Japan and now used chiefly in US and Central American waters
Origin of panga
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