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chanfan

chanfan noun: a type of floating mining equipment used in parts of West Africa.

Noun

chanfan

  1. A type of floating mining equipment used in parts of West Africa.
    • He now operates a chanfan machine during the rainy season and teaches at the school in the dry season when there is no water for processing.2016, Katherine V. Gough, Young Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa, page 190
    • The police in Upper West have burnt three chanfan machines and other accessories of illegal mining on the banks of the Black Volta in the Lawra District after operators abandoned the machines at the sight of the security men.2017 December 6, Michael Quaye, “Police destroy galamsey machines on Black Volta”, in Graphic Online

Questions about chanfan

What does chanfan mean?
Chanfan means a type of floating mining equipment used in parts of West Africa.
What part of speech is chanfan?
Chanfan is a noun.

Words near chanfan in the dictionary

  1. Chanelisms
  2. Chanels
  3. Chanequa
  4. Chaney
  5. Chaneys
  6. chanfan
  7. chanfrin
  8. chanfrins
  9. chanfron
  10. chanfrons
  11. chang

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