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parang

American  
[pahr-ahng] / ˈpɑr ɑŋ /

noun

  1. a large, heavy knife used as a tool or a weapon in Malaysia and Indonesia.


parang British  
/ ˈpɑːræŋ /

noun

  1. a short stout straight-edged knife used by the Dyaks of Borneo

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of parang

Borrowed into English from Malay around 1850–55

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That sam smith and kelly clarkson collab of breakaway 🥺 parang bagay din kay ate 🥰

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 12, 2022

Growing up in Trinidad to a musical family, Etienne Charles was exposed to three song traditions around Christmastime: the singing of church hymns, calypsos and parang, Venezuelan folk songs about the nativity sung in Spanish.

From Washington Post Dec. 6, 2019

We hired a guide who led us up and down a sodden trail, a foot-long blade called a parang hanging from a scabbard at his hip.

From New York Times Feb. 21, 2014

The headman of the group, one Jabu, unsheathed his parang.

From Time Magazine Archive

She also carries her own parang, with which she may kill small pigs and cut down obstacles in her path.

From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Lumholtz, Carl

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