Definitions for nagana

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nagana na·ga·na

Spelling: [nuh-gah-nuh]

IPA: /nəˈgɑ nə/

Nagana is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 25 anagrams from letters in nagana (aaagnn).

Definitions for nagana

noun

1. a disease of horses and other animals, widespread in parts of Africa, caused by the organism Trypanosoma brucei, and transmitted by a variety of tsetse fly.
2. any trypanosomal disease of animals that is transmitted by the tsetse fly.

Origin of nagana

1890-95; Nguni; compare Zulu unukane, ulunakane, izinakane

Examples for nagana

nagana is one of the most serious diseases of domestic animals in Central and Southern Africa.

In the course of his work he established beyond question that the "nagana" and the tsetse-fly disease were identical.

The nagana, or tsetse-fly disease of cattle is the most virulent disease of domestic animals in certain parts of Africa.