arango
See also: aranĝo
English
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editEtymology
editRango is the earlier form, attested from 1644.[1][2] From Malagasy rango (“long and thin”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editarango (plural arangos or arangoes)
- A rough carnelian bead, formerly used in Africa as currency when buying slaves for the slave trade.
- 1794, James Watt, Journal of James Watt: Expedition to Timbo Capital of the Fula Empire in 1794:
- There we purchased two sheep, one for two strings of arangoes, for the other I gave a note upon Mr. Walker for a bar of salt.
References
edit- “arango”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.