Lexicographical Neighbors of Ponga
Literary usage of Ponga
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1895)
"sharp granite ridge of the Khao Dau Mawk Lek range, which forms the frontier
between ponga and Takuapa. Beneath them nestles the little town, its homesteads ..."
2. Maori Lore: The Traditions of the Maori People, with the More Important of by George Grey (1904)
"Te ponga was a young and handsome chief of the Awhitu people, ... Whilst Te ponga
and his people were yet a long way off they were descried by the expectant ..."
3. The Materia medica of the Hindus: Compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works by Udoy Chand Dutt (1877)
"... ranja ili Bengali, are said to resemble those of the seeds of ponga- mia glabra.
Their antiperiodic virtues were not known to Sanskrit writers. ..."
4. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1905)
""The names of the lovers are themselves romantic, for the man's, ponga means the
... The girl's father heard ponga calling without effect, so said to his ..."
5. The African Repository by American Colonization Society (1856)
"In such a cot-; tage, though larger than the ordinary i size, I am now sitting,
with my I' port-folio on my knee, writing to your lordship. j The Rio ponga ..."
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