Panga

Quick meaning: Panga is a noun meaning (East Africa, South Africa) A large broad-bladed knife.

Meaning

(East Africa, South Africa) A large broad-bladed knife.

More Meanings

1. A small inflatable motorboat used in Latin America.
2. 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.
3. 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.

Example Sentences

She turned to the small basket she was carrying and took out a panga.

Charlie had told me what it had looked like immediately after the riots. Bodies hacked to pieces with pangas.

I pleaded with them to lay down their arms, to take each other's hands in peace: ‘Take your guns, your knives and your pangas, and throw them into the sea!’

Word Forms

• pangas

Synonyms for panga

Depending on context, synonyms include machete.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include machete, parang, sundang, nanga, kerambit, gandasa.

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