waragi

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/ˈwaɹəɡi//ˈwaɹəd͡ʒi/

noun

A distilled alcoholic beverage made from bananas or millet, common in Uganda.

OriginLuganda waragi ← English war →
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Meanings

nounwaragi (countable and uncountable, plural waragis)

plural waragis

  1. countableuncountableA distilled alcoholic beverage made from bananas or millet, common in Uganda.

    The two men walk down the hill from Makerere University but get no further than Wandegeya, a cacophonous slum of scrap-iron artisans, blaring radios and ragged-trousered clients frequenting matoke and waragi bars.

    2016, Maya Jaggi, “Memories of Makerere”, in Literary Review, section 449

Origin

  1. Englishwar
  2. Lugandawaragi
  3. Englishwaragi

Borrowed from Luganda waragi, itself from English war + gin.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

GirawaWagriagarawi
Cite this entry
APA

waragi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waragi

MLA

“waragi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waragi. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “waragi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waragi.

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