punga
Britishnoun
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In particular, they focused on four of Titan's largest, most well-mapped seas: Kraken Mare, which is comparable in size to the Caspian Sea; Ligeia Mare, which is larger than Lake Superior; Punga Mare, which is longer than Lake Victoria; and Ontario Lacus, which is about 20 percent the size of its terrestrial namesake.
From Science Daily
Punga earns less than $10 a day — just enough, he said, to support his family and keep his children in school instead of sending them to the mines.
From Seattle Times
Georges Punga is a regular at the mine.
From Seattle Times
Now 41, Punga said he started working in diamond mines when he was 11.
From Seattle Times
In one, a tourist named James Bowen sued Universal over injuries suffered riding the Punga Racers water slide at Volcano Bay.
From Washington Times
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