Definitions for pangas

pangas pan·ga

Spelling: [pahng-guh]
IPA: /ˈpɑŋ gə/

Pangas is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 77 anagrams from letters in pangas (aagnps).

Definitions for pangas

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 pangas

Borrowed into English from Swahili around 1930-35

Examples for pangas

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

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

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.

Word Value for pangas
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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