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  tanga

  noun

  either of two former coins of India, one gold and one silver, issued by various Muslim rulers.
• Tanga
  Tanga

  noun

  a seaport in NE Tanzania.

tanga

¹ American  

[tuhng-gah] / təŋˈgɑ /

noun

1. either of two former coins of India, one gold and one silver, issued by various Muslim rulers.

2. a former coin of Portuguese India, equal to the 10th part of a rupee.

3. a former silver coin of Tibet of varying weight and fineness.

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Tanga ² American  

[tang-guh] / ˈtæŋ gə /

noun

1. a seaport in NE Tanzania.

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tanga ¹ British  

/ ˈtæŋɡə /

noun

1. a triangular loincloth worn by indigenous peoples in tropical America

2. a type of very brief bikini

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Tanga ² British  

/ ˈtæŋɡə /

noun

1. a port in N Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean: Tanzania's second port. Pop: 190 000 (2005 est)

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Etymology

Origin of tanga

First recorded in 1590–1600, tanga is from the Hindi word taṅgā

Example Sentences

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tanga Tanga

Everything was put by except his knife, and this, drawn from his tanga, was now held tightly in his grasp.

From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Mayne Reid

May not the dinár of red gold have been the gold mohr of those days, popularly known as the red tanga, which Ibn Batuta repeatedly tells us was equal to 2-1/2 dinárs of the west.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Henry Yule

Loa means long, and tanga, a bag; or, as an adjective, freedom from restriction.

From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by George Turner

The Challaine is of tinne with the said armes, and 40 of these make a tanga of Goa good money, but not stamped in Malacca.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 Asia, Part II by Richard Hakluyt

On Friday, Mohamed Ali Kibao, 69, was forced off a bus by suspected security agents while travelling from the country's biggest city, Dar es Salaam, to his hometown Tanga.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2024

That sum includes about $3.5 billion to be spent constructing a heated pipeline linking oil fields in western Uganda to the Indian Ocean port of Tanga in Tanzania.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2022

As late as Wednesday, she sent ‘greetings’ from Magufuli in a remarks to an audience in the coastal region of Tanga.

From Reuters ● Mar. 18, 2021

Tanzania announces dengue outbreak: Authorities have announced an outbreak of the mosquito-borne dengue fever in Tanzania's commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, and the Tanga region along the coast.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2019

“Things have turned out much better than I expected, and we are very jolly here,” observed Charley; “but I wonder whether Mr Sanga Tanga will let us proceed on our journey.”

From The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa by E.F. Skinner