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pa'anga

pa'an·ga
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pahng-guh, pah-ahng-]
    • /ˈpɑŋ gə, pɑˈɑŋ-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pahng-guh, pah-ahng-]
    • /ˈpɑŋ gə, pɑˈɑŋ-/

Definitions of pa'anga word

  • noun pa'anga a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Tonga equal to 100 seniti. 1
  • noun pa'anga the standard monetary unit of Tonga, divided into 100 seniti 0
  • noun pa'anga the basic monetary unit of Tonga 0

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Origin of pa'anga

First appearance:

before 1965
One of the 2% newest English words
First recorded in 1965-70, pa'anga is from the Tongan word pa’anga orig., a kind of vine producing large, reddish, disk-shaped seeds, a seed of the vine

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Parts of speech for Pa'anga

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

pa'anga popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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