Definition of Kanga

1. Noun. (context: Sikhism) A comb, required to be worn at all times by Sikhs, one of the five Ks. ¹

2. Noun. A garment worn by women in East Africa ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kanga

1. a coloured cotton cloth worn as a dress [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kanga

kanats
kanban
kanbans
kanchil
kanchils
kand
kandake
kandakes
kandies
kane
kaneh
kanehs
kanemite
kanes
kang
kanga (current term)
kangaroo
kangaroo's-foot
kangaroo-bar
kangaroo-foot plant
kangaroo-rat
kangaroo apple
kangaroo bar
kangaroo bars
kangaroo bear
kangaroo court
kangaroo courts
kangaroo hare
kangaroo jerboa

Literary usage of Kanga

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

1. A Handbook of the Ila Language by Edwin William Smith (1907)
"kanga-, prefix to many words to indicate diminutives. kanga- ... 6. a small or young gnu. kanga-musaka, ». 6. a small or kanga- ..."

2. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"Icho c/io-kanga, this which is tough. Ko-kanga ka-ka-v-isi ... kanga, swollen and dead, spreading out, big, as buffalo's horns ..."

3. Yedo and Peking: A Narrative of a Journey to the Capitals of Japan and China by Robert Fortune (1868)
"A journey in search of new plants — Japanese College — Residence of Prince kanga — Dang-o-zaka — Its tea-gardens, fish-ponds, and floral ladies ..."

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