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pa'anga

American  
[pahng-guh, pah-ahng-] / ˈpɑŋ gə, pɑˈɑŋ- /

noun

  1. a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Tonga equal to 100 seniti.

pa'anga British  
/ pɑːˈɑːŋɡə /

noun

  1. the standard monetary unit of Tonga, divided into 100 seniti

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Etymology

Origin of pa'anga

First recorded in 1965–70; from Tongan, originally, “a kind of vine producing large, reddish, disk-shaped seeds,” now “a seed of this vine”

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