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mganga

mganga noun: an African medicine man.

Noun

mganga (plural mgangas or waganga)

  1. An African medicine man.

Forms of mganga

pluralmgangas
pluralwaganga

Origin of mganga

Borrowed from Swahili mganga. Doublet of inyanga and ngaka.

Questions about mganga

What does mganga mean?
Mganga means an African medicine man.
What part of speech is mganga?
Mganga is a noun.
What is the plural of mganga?
The plural of mganga is mgangas.

Words near mganga in the dictionary

  1. mg
  2. mg%
  3. Mg.
  4. MGA
  5. mGal
  6. mganga
  7. mgangas
  8. MGB
  9. MGBs
  10. MGC
  11. MGCC

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