Definition of Pengo

1. Noun. Formerly the basic unit of money in Hungary until it was replaced by the forint in 1946.

Generic synonyms: Hungarian Monetary Unit

2. Noun. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
Generic synonyms: South-central Dravidian

Definition of Pengo

1. Noun. A former monetary unit of Hungary, replaced by the forint ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pengo

1. a former monetary unit of Hungary [n -GOS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pengo

penfieldite
penfish
penfishes
penfluridol
penfold
penfolds
penfriend
penfriends
penfriendship
penfriendships
penful
penfuls
pengest
penghulu
pengo (current term)
pengolin
pengolins
pengos
penguin
penguin suit
penguin suits
penguineries
penguinery
penguinlike
penguins
pengulu
pengulus
penholder
penholders

Literary usage of Pengo

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

1. A Nika-English Dictionary by Johann Ludwig Krapf, Johannes Rebmann (1887)
"pengo, n. (ya, za) (= Kig., The- gnia). ... Kare atu ari akiko- tua pengo na ku ... na pengo, hata ..."

2. Official Catalogue of the Natural and Industrial Products of New South Wales by New South Wales (1876)
"Atacamite and carbonate of copper. 222. pengo ... pengo, "Descubridora" mine. Carbonates of copper, and argentiferous galena. 224. ..."

3. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"... was the one who used the trait very freely, both in narratives and 5 pengo is added to the earlier list from Burrow and Bhattacharya ..."

4. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1877)
"Before all the Court, Amleth denounces his father's murderer in the most direct and vehement language : all listen in terrified silence, and pengo does not ..."

5. A Handbook of the Swahili Language, as Spoken at Zanzibar by Edward Steere (1890)
"pengo, a notch, a place where a triangular bit is broken out. Ana pengo, he has lost a front tooth. Penu, your. See -enu. Penya ku-, to penetrate. ..."

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