Definition of Dongas

1. Noun. (plural of donga) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dongas

1. donga [n] - See also: donga

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dongas

done up
done with(p)
donee
donees
donek
doneness
donenesses
donepezil
doner
doner kebab
doner kebabs
doners
doney
donga
dongas (current term)
donged
dongers
donging
dongle
dongles
dongola
dongolas
dongs
donharrisite
doni
doning
donings
donjon

Literary usage of Dongas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic by Ernest Henry Shackleton (1909)
"... A Question of Route: lee dongas: Nearing the Coast: A Barranca: Severe Climbing : Our Unhappy Lot: A Double Detonator: Mawson in a Crevasse : Afternoon ..."

2. Twelve Hundred Miles in a Waggon by Alice Blanche Balfour (1895)
"LETTER V Journey to Basutoland—The Presidential Coach—Birds—Thaba-n-chu— Drift on the Caledon River—Maseru native dress—Basuto Hills— dongas — Absence of ..."

3. Through the Zulu Country: Its Battlefields and Its People by Bertram Mitford (1883)
"The ground is high and full of dongas and stones, and the soldiers did not see us till we were right upon them. They fought well—a lot of them got up on the ..."

4. Report of the Geological Survey of Natal and Zululand: First-third and Final by Natal (South Africa). Geological Survey, Natal (South Africa), Natal Surveyor-general's Department, Geological survey (1907)
"In this area the dip of the beds can be seen in the dry dongas and creeks as far east ... These are mostly natural exposures in the dongas and creek beds, ..."

5. The History of the Boer War by Foster Hugh Egerton Cunliffe (1901)
"The Mountain Battery assiduously shelled the dongas, and the long-range guns ... The Durhams took breath in the dongas near the foot of the ridge and fixed ..."

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