Donga - English meaning
ˈdɒŋ.ɡə
Donga – definitions in English dictionary
nounA dry gully, formed by the eroding action of running water.
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For decades too it had no storm water drainage, resulting in potholes and dongas opening up.nounA temporary, usually transportable, dwelling.
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Sometimes when we talked they would use a new or unfamiliar word: they might say that they had gone…nounThe bush; the remote countryside.
nounA type of ditch (= long, narrow, open hole in the ground)
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Word origin
donga (sense 1) from Xhosa and Zulu udonga ; donga (sense 2) is said to stem from an extended usage of the term in the Boer War.
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