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nagana

nagana noun: a disease of vertebrates in southern Africa, characterised by swelling and lethargy and caused by trypanosomes transmitted by tsetse flies.

Noun

nagana (uncountable)

  1. A disease of vertebrates in southern Africa, characterised by swelling and lethargy and caused by trypanosomes transmitted by tsetse flies.
    • In 1894 Major David Bruce was sent to Zululand to investigate the cattle disease nagana.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 460

nagana meaning in Tamil

nagana in Tamil

குதிரை வலிப்பு நோய், நகானா நோய், நகானா

Forms of nagana

alternative formngana

Origin of nagana

Borrowed from Zulu ulunakane, unakane.

Words formed from nagana

Questions about nagana

What does nagana mean?
Nagana means a disease of vertebrates in southern Africa, characterised by swelling and lethargy and caused by trypanosomes transmitted by tsetse flies.
What is nagana in Tamil?
Nagana in Tamil is குதிரை வலிப்பு நோய், நகானா நோய், நகானா. See Nagana meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nagana?
Nagana is a noun.

Words near nagana in the dictionary

  1. Nagamese
  2. Nagami kumquat
  3. Nagami kumquats
  4. Nagamine
  5. Nagamines
  6. nagana
  7. nagana pest
  8. Naganandini
  9. Nagano
  10. Nagao
  11. Nagaoka

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