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arango¹

  • /əˈɹæŋɡəʊ/

Where it comes from

Rango is the earlier form, attested from 1644. From Malagasy rango (“long and thin”).

noun arangos · arangoes · rango

  1. A rough carnelian bead, formerly used in Africa as currency when buying slaves for the slave trade. There we purchased two sheep, one for two strings of arangoes, for the other I gave a note upon Mr. Walker for a bar of salt.

Arango²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish Arango, habitational surname of Basque origin.

proper noun Arangos

  1. A surname.

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"arango." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/arango. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

arango. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/arango

Chicago

"arango." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/arango.

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@misc{arango_2026,
  title = {arango},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arango},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}