panga
/ˈpaŋɡə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
noun
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.
noun
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!’"