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Pongol

Pongol is the alternative form of Pongal.

Meaning of Pongal

Proper noun

Pongal

  1. A Hindu harvest festival of South India, particularly in the Tamil community, observed at the start of the month Tai (typically around January 14).

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Questions about Pongol

What is Pongol the alternative form of?
Pongol is the alternative form of Pongal.

Words near Pongol in the dictionary

  1. ponginess
  2. ponging
  3. Ponglish
  4. pongo
  5. pongoes
  6. Pongol
  7. pongos
  8. Pongratz
  9. Pongratzes
  10. pongs
  11. pongteh

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Pongol (page history and authors); Pongal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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