dongas
dongas is the plural of donga.
Meaning of donga
Noun (1)
donga (plural dongas)
- A usually dry, eroded watercourse running only in times of heavy rain.
- Major Pack-Beresford and other officers were shot down, and every unhorsed man remained necessarily as a prisoner under the very muzzles of the riflemen in the donga.1900, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Halt at Bloemfontein”, in The Great Boer War, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 349
Noun (2)
donga (plural dongas)
- A transportable building providing accommodation for one person, often used on remote work sites or as tourist accommodation.
- Menzies Hotel ([Ph] 9024 2043; 22 Shenton St; s/d $48/65, donga $75) has old-style hotel rooms as well as - for that real goldfields experience - dongas (temporary miner′s abode, usually made from corrugated iron), and also serves all meals.2004, Susie Ashworth, Rebecca Turner, Simone Egger, Western Australia, Lonely Planet, page 152
Questions about dongas
- What is dongas the plural of?
- Dongas is the plural of donga.
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