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waragi

British  
/ ˈwaraɡɪ, -dʒɪ /

noun

  1. a Ugandan alcoholic drink made from bananas

"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 waragi

from Luganda

Example Sentences

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As the sun began to set one recent afternoon, a group of men on the Ugandan side began to pass around a large plastic bottle of waragi, a home brew.

From New York Times

"Waragi," for instance, can have up to 80 percent alcohol that results in burns.

From US News

Brews can be distilled to make a more concentrated spirit called "waragi," a kind of gin popular throughout Uganda.

From US News

In sugarcane belts, waragi is drawn from molasses.

From US News

I sipped local Waragi gin, ate a monster-sized fried tilapia and marveled at the gray lake and sapphire sky, fringes of greenery framing it all.

From New York Times