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parangs

parangs is the plural of parang.

parangs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of parang.

Meaning of parang

Noun (1)

parang (plural parangs)

  1. A short, heavy, straight-edged knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia as a tool and weapon.
    • After they had left, our men observed from their concealment that three had stayed behind with a small boat; and being driven to desperation by the sight of the plundering, one brave fellow swam off armed only with his parang, or chopping-knife, and coming on them unawares made a desperate attack...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 211

Noun (2)

parang (countable and uncountable, plural parangs)

  1. A style of music originating from Trinidad and Tobago, strongly influenced by Venezuelan music.

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Questions about parangs

What is parangs the plural of?
Parangs is the plural of parang.

Words near parangs in the dictionary

  1. parang
  2. paranged
  3. paranghi
  4. parangi
  5. paranging
  6. parangs
  7. paranigral
  8. Paranilotic
  9. paranitraniline red
  10. paranitraniline reds
  11. paranitroaniline

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