Etymology

nang

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Today it means: A metal bulb filled with nitrous oxide gas, inhaled for its disassociative effects, normally intended as a propellant for whipped cream. Full definition →

Jamaican Creole nyanga ← men nyanga ← Hausa yanga
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nang · adjective1

  1. Hausa · derived fromyanga“boastfulness”
  2. men · derived fromnyanga“ostentation; showing off”
  3. Jamaican Creole · derived fromnyanga
  4. English todaynang

Multicultural London English, from Jamaican English, from Jamaican Creole nyanga, potentially from West African languages, such as Mende (Sierra Leone) nyanga (“ostentation; showing off”) or Hausa yanga (“boastfulness”).

Nang · proper noun2

  1. Tibetan · borrowed fromསྣང
  2. English todayNang

From Tibetan སྣང (snang).

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