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tanga¹
noun tangas
- Any of various former Asian coins, including: a coin of Portuguese India worth one tenth of a rupee; a gold coin of India issued by various Muslim rulers; a silver coin of India, also issued by Muslim rulers; and a former silver coin of Tibet. The larines are woorth by just value basaruchies 93 and 3 fourth parts, and 4 larines make a seraphine of siluer, which is 5 tangas of good money, and these also haue serafagion of 6, 7, 8, 10, vntil 16, by the 100, for when the ships depart for the North, to say, for Chaul, Diu, Cambaia, or Bassaim
tanga²
Where it comes from
From Portuguese tanga, from Kimbundu tanga or ntanga (“coarse cloth; loincloth”).
noun tangas
- A pair of tanga briefs.
Tanga³
Where it comes from
Derived from Swahili tanga (“sail”), from Proto-Sabaki *-canga, from Proto-Bantu *-cànga.
proper noun
- A city and port, the capital of the Tanga Region, Tanzania.
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title = {tanga},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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