Definitions for parangs

parangs pa·rang

Spelling: [pahr-ahng]
IPA: /ˈpɑr ɑŋ/

Parangs is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 152 anagrams from letters in parangs (aagnprs).

Definitions for parangs

noun

  1. a large, heavy knife used as a tool or a weapon in Malaysia and Indonesia.

Origin of parangs

Borrowed into English from Malay around 1850-55

Examples for parangs

Our road lay across the parang river, which flowed in several channels among the wide expanse of gravel which here formed its bed.

The level of our camp on the parang river had been 14,800 feet; and from this we were now gradually but imperceptibly rising.

A red lichen, the same as that seen on the parang pass, covered the stones.

They are also endowed with great courage, and are very skilful in the use of weapons, especially the parang ilang and spear.

Their chief weapon is the parang or heavy knife, somewhat like the kris.

The blow of the parang upon the professor's skull had shocked his overwrought mind back into the path of sanity.

The summit of the parang pass is a narrow ridge, covered with large blocks of stone.

The parang is simply an ordinary cutlass, with a blade two feet in length.

In his left hand he grasped a parang; his right arm was bandaged.

The hills on either hand were rounded and low, but increased in height as we receded from the parang river.

Word Value for parangs
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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