panga

UK/ˈpaŋɡə/ uncommon

noun

a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation

Synonyms

machete
matchet

Origin

Back-formation from the plural, from the stem of translingual Pangasius (genus name), from Bengali পাঙ্গাশ (paṅgaś, “mud- or brown-coloured fish”).

Related words

Word family

Pangaea

Broader terms

knife

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noun
singular	panga
plural	pangas