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tumbaga

tumbaga noun: a gold-copper alloy used by the pre-Columbian cultures of Central America to make religious objects.

Noun

tumbaga (uncountable)

  1. A gold-copper alloy used by the pre-Columbian cultures of Central America to make religious objects.

Origin of tumbaga

Borrowed from Spanish tumbaga, from Malay tembaga, from Sanskrit ताम्रक (tāmraka). Doublet of tombak.

Phrases with tumbaga

Questions about tumbaga

What does tumbaga mean?
Tumbaga means a gold-copper alloy used by the pre-Columbian cultures of Central America to make religious objects.
What part of speech is tumbaga?
Tumbaga is a noun.

Words near tumbaga in the dictionary

  1. tumashas
  2. tumatakuru
  3. tumatukuru
  4. Tumauini
  5. tumb
  6. tumbaga
  7. Tumbaga 1
  8. Tumbaga 2
  9. tumbak
  10. tumbaks
  11. tumbao

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