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angu

angu noun: a popular Brazilian mash made with fubá (milled corn or rice), salt, and often garlic fried in olive oil.

angu: a popular Brazilian mash made with fubá (milled corn or rice), salt, and often garlic fried in...
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Noun (1)

angu (plural angus)

  1. A popular Brazilian mash made with fubá (milled corn or rice), salt, and often garlic fried in olive oil.

Noun (2) capitalized: Angu

Angu pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A cannibalistic people inhabiting the mountains of southwestern Morobe in Papua New Guinea.
    Synonyms:
    Kukukuku

Synonyms of angu

Forms of angu

pluralangus

Origin of angu

Borrowed from Portuguese angu, from Yoruba à ń gún (“we are pounding”) or Fon agǔ (“pounded yam”).

Words formed from angu

Questions about angu

What does angu mean?
Angu means a popular Brazilian mash made with fubá (milled corn or rice), salt, and often garlic fried in olive oil.
What part of speech is angu?
Angu is a noun.
What is the plural of angu?
The plural of angu is angus.

Words near angu in the dictionary

  1. angstroms
  2. angström
  3. angströms
  4. angsts
  5. angsty
  6. angu
  7. angucycline
  8. angucyclines
  9. angucyclinone
  10. angucyclinones
  11. Angue

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: angu (page history and authors); Angu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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