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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
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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