Definitions for panga

panga pan·ga

Spelling: [pahng-guh]
IPA: /ˈpɑŋ gə/

Panga is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 37 anagrams from letters in panga (aagnp).

Definitions for panga

noun

  1. a large, broad-bladed African knife used as a weapon or as an implement for cutting heavy jungle growth, sugar cane, etc.; machete.

Origin of panga

Borrowed into English from Swahili around 1930-35

Examples for panga

Every porter had a red blanket, and practically every one wore a panga.

The officers, including the Commander, also waited stiffly at attention while the fisherman tied his panga to the ship's ladder.

At panga Falls three men were most seriously hurt by arrows.

The only provocation we suffered was from the attacks of the tsetse, or panga (sword) fly, which swarmed here.

Word Value for panga
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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