tanga

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[ˈtaŋɡə], (Noun)

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- a pair of briefs consisting of small panels connected by strings at the sides
(e.g: tanga briefs)


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Origin:
early 20th century (denoting a loincloth supposedly worn by some indigenous peoples of tropical South America): from Portuguese, ultimately of Bantu origin. The current sense dates from the 1970s


[ˈtaŋɡə], (Noun)

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- one of the principal ports of Tanzania, situated in the north-east of the country, on the Indian Ocean; population 240,000 (est. 2009)


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