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ngana

ngana is the obsolete spelling of nagana.

Meaning of nagana

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

Questions about ngana

What is ngana the obsolete spelling of?
Ngana is the obsolete spelling of nagana.

Words near ngana in the dictionary

  1. Ngamo
  2. Ngan
  3. Ngan'gi
  4. Ngan'gikurunggurr
  5. Ngan'gityemerri
  6. ngana
  7. Nganasan
  8. Nganasani
  9. Nganasans
  10. Ngandi
  11. Nganga

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