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panga definition

panga (päŋ′gə)

noun

a long knife with a broad, sometimes hooked, blade, used in Africa as a cutting tool or a weapon

Etymology: < native (? Swahili) name in E Africa

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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