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arangoes

arangoes is the plural of arango.

Meaning of arango

Noun

arango (plural arangos or arangoes)

  1. A rough carnelian bead, formerly used in Africa as currency when buying slaves for the slave trade.
    • There we purchased two sheep, one for two strings of arangoes, for the other I gave a note upon Mr. Walker for a bar of salt.1794, James Watt, Journal of James Watt: Expedition to Timbo Capital of the Fula Empire in 1794

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Questions about arangoes

What is arangoes the plural of?
Arangoes is the plural of arango.

Words near arangoes in the dictionary

  1. arangas
  2. arangetram
  3. arangetrams
  4. Arangin
  5. arango
  6. arangoes
  7. arangos
  8. Aranguel
  9. aranidipine
  10. Araniw
  11. Aranjuez

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