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waragi

/ˈwaɹəɡi/

waragi noun: a distilled alcoholic beverage made from bananas or millet, common in Uganda.

Noun

waragi (countable and uncountable, plural waragis)

  1. A distilled alcoholic beverage made from bananas or millet, common in Uganda.
    • The two men walk down the hill from Makerere University but get no further than Wandegeya, a cacophonous slum of scrap-iron artisans, blaring radios and ragged-trousered clients frequenting matoke and waragi bars.2016, Maya Jaggi, “Memories of Makerere”, in Literary Review, section 449

Forms of waragi

pluralwaragis

Origin of waragi

Borrowed from Luganda waragi, itself from English war + gin.

Questions about waragi

What does waragi mean?
Waragi means a distilled alcoholic beverage made from bananas or millet, common in Uganda.
What part of speech is waragi?
Waragi is a noun.
How do you pronounce waragi?
Waragi is pronounced /ˈwaɹəɡi/.
What is the plural of waragi?
The plural of waragi is waragis.

Words near waragi in the dictionary

  1. Warabrook
  2. waracabra
  3. waracabras
  4. Waradgeri
  5. Waradgery
  6. waragi
  7. waragis
  8. warakabra
  9. warakabras
  10. waral
  11. warals

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