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panga¹
- /ˈpaŋɡə/
Rhymes with -aŋɡə
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Swahili panga (“machete”).
noun pangas
- A large broad-bladed knife. She turned to the small basket she was carrying and took out a panga.
panga²
- /ˈpaŋɡə/
Rhymes with -aŋɡə
Where it comes from
Back-formation from the plural, from the stem of translingual Pangasius (genus name), from Bengali পাঙ্গাশ (paṅgaś, “mud- or brown-coloured fish”).
noun pangas
- Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially an iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus, now reclassified as Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.
- A type of modest-sized, open, outboard-powered, fishing boat common throughout much of the developing world, including Central America, the Caribbean, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia.
panga³
- /ˈpaŋɡə/
Rhymes with -aŋɡə
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish panga (“motorboat”).
noun pangas
- A small inflatable motorboat used in Latin America.
Translations
Talk about this word "panga." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/panga. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. panga. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/panga "panga." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/panga.Cite this
@misc{panga_2026,
title = {panga},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/panga},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
