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jangada

/ʒəŋˈɡɑdə/

jangada noun: a traditional wooden sailing raft of northern Brazil.

jangada: a traditional wooden sailing raft of northern Brazil
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Noun

jangada (plural jangadas)

  1. A traditional wooden sailing raft of northern Brazil.
    • We went out into the bay on Paulo's jangada and I dived into the clear water and struck off some distance, then floated and looked back at the handsome boat.2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 143

jangada meaning in Malayalam

jangada in Malayalam

jangada
ചങ്ങാടം caṅṅāṭaṁ

Forms of jangada

pluraljangadas

Origin of jangada

From Portuguese jangada.

Questions about jangada

What does jangada mean?
Jangada means a traditional wooden sailing raft of northern Brazil.
What is jangada in Malayalam?
Jangada in Malayalam is ചങ്ങാടം (caṅṅāṭaṁ). See Jangada meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is jangada?
Jangada is a noun.
How do you pronounce jangada?
Jangada is pronounced /ʒəŋˈɡɑdə/.
What is the plural of jangada?
The plural of jangada is jangadas.

Words near jangada in the dictionary

  1. Janeways
  2. Janey
  3. Janey Mack
  4. Janeys
  5. jang
  6. jangada
  7. jangadas
  8. jangadeiro
  9. jangadeiros
  10. jangajji
  11. jangal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jangada (page history and authors); ചങ്ങാടം (Malayalam) (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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