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lunghi

lunghi is the alternative 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 lunghi

plurallunghis

Questions about lunghi

What is lunghi the alternative form of?
Lunghi is the alternative form of lungi.

Words near lunghi in the dictionary

  1. lungfish
  2. lungfishes
  3. lungful
  4. lungfuls
  5. Lunghai
  6. lunghi
  7. lunghis
  8. lungi
  9. lungie
  10. lungies
  11. lunging

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