panga

plural pangas

1. AfricaEastSouth AfricaA large broad-bladed knife.

   She turned to the small basket she was carrying and took out a panga.

   1967, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, A Grain of Wheat, EAEP, published 2008, page 77

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   Charlie had told me what it had looked like immediately after the riots. Bodies hacked to pieces with pangas.

   1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 73

   I pleaded with them to lay down their arms, to take each other's hands in peace: ‘Take your guns, your knives and your pangas, and throw them into the sea!’

   1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus, published 2010, page 690

plural pangas

1. Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially an iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus, now reclassified as Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.
2. A type of modest-sized, open, outboard-powered, fishing boat common throughout much of the developing world, including Central America, the Caribbean, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia.

plural pangas

1. A small inflatable motorboat used in Latin America.