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machingas

machingas is the plural of machinga.

Meaning of machinga

Noun

machinga (countable and uncountable, plural machingas)

  1. (Tanzania) A street vendor; a hawker.
    • For the past few years, machingas have been left to occupy major markets across the country despite complaints from registered traders. In most extreme circumstances, a machinga would lay out assorted merchandise infront^([sic]) of a licensed trader’s shop.2021 June 18, Louis Kalumbia, “Why the petty traders issue can’t be ignored”, in The Citizen Tanzania, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2021

Questions about machingas

What is machingas the plural of?
Machingas is the plural of machinga.

Words near machingas in the dictionary

  1. machinery
  2. machines
  3. machines of government
  4. machines that go "ping"
  5. machinga
  6. machingas
  7. machinic
  8. machinification
  9. machinified
  10. machinifies
  11. machinify

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