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sango

see also: Sango

Pronunciation

Noun

sango (plural sangos)

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Noun

sango (plural sangos)

(UK) A rudimentary wooden bridge in India.
- 1824, Alexander Gerard, Journal of an Excursion through the Himalayah Mountains, from Shipke to the Frontiers of Chinese Tartary, David Brewster (editor), The Edinburgh Journal of Science, Volume 1: April—October, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=dkQEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA219&lpg=PA219&dq=%22sangos%22|%22sangoes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=NddufMuRHa&sig=YzT79C1gD5oOUn4eeY1fbxlZvKM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uYAeUOb0NoyXiAfP5YBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sangos%22|%22sangoes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 219],
  We crossed it and another stream a little above their union by a couple of bad sangos, and ascended from its bed by a rocky footpath, winding amongst extensive forests of oak, yew, pine, and horse chesnut, to Camp.
- 1865, Henry Astbury Leveson, The Hunting Grounds of the Old World, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=klgBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA459&lpg=PA459&dq=%22sangos%22|%22sangoes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=BvtML2KTcO&sig=DxdgK2ZdYjWZx4XCVCIASg1NYQ4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=E4ceUKbpAeySiAf0toGwBw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sangos%22|%22sangoes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 459],
  Four large mountain torrents, the Dangalee, Dubrane, Loarnad, and Rindee Gadh, join the Ganges from the left bank, and have to be crossed by sangos.

Sango

Proper noun

The primary language spoken in the Central African Republic: it has 5 million second-language speakers, but only 400,000 native speakers, mainly in the towns.

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