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loonghi

loonghi is the archaic form of lungi.

Meaning of lungi

Noun

lungi (plural lungis)

  1. A garment worn around the waist, especially by men, in Southern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Pakistan.
    • Samad […] regularly wore a long piece of embroidered grey cotton, a lungi, wrapped round his waist.2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 152
    Synonyms:
    sarong

Forms of loonghi

pluralloonghis

Questions about loonghi

What is loonghi the archaic form of?
Loonghi is the archaic form of lungi.

Words near loonghi in the dictionary

  1. Looneyville
  2. loong
  3. Loongana
  4. loonghee
  5. loonghees
  6. loonghi
  7. loonghis
  8. loongs
  9. loonie
  10. loonier
  11. loonies

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