noun
panga
Panga (noun) means a large knife with a wide blade.
noun
1
A large knife with a wide blade.
"She turned to the small basket she was carrying and took out a panga."
— Ngugi wa Thiong'o, A Grain of Wheat (1967)
"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!’"
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (1994)
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Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili panga (“machete”).
Synonyms
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matchet
machete
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What is the meaning of panga?
"panga" (noun) means a large knife with a wide blade.
What is another word for panga?
Other words for "panga" include matchet, machete.
