wangan

wangan · noun¹

1. Abenaki · derived fromwaniigan“pit trap, container for sundries”
2. English todaywangan

From Abenaki waniigan (“pit trap, container for sundries”); liken klahigan (“wooden trap”), Ojibwe waanikaan (“pit, excavated hole”).

Wangan · proper noun²

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 望安 (Wàng'ān) Wade–Giles romanization: Wang⁴-an¹.

Words from the same roots