Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nagana

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: na-gana
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A disease of vertebrates in southern Africa, characterised by swelling and lethargy and caused by trypanosomes transmitted by tsetse flies.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In 1894 Major David Bruce was sent to Zululand to investigate the cattle disease nagana."

Etymology

Borrowed from Zulu ulunakane, unakane.

Word Breakdown

Root: ulunakane

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

ngana (alternative)

Derived Forms

paranagana

Phrases

nagana pest

Questions

What does nagana mean?: A disease of vertebrates in southern Africa, characterised by swelling and lethargy and caused by trypanosomes transmitted by tsetse flies.
Where does nagana come from?: Borrowed from Zulu ulunakane, unakane.

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