sango

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈsæŋəʊ/

Definition of sango

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Australia, colloquial, dated, informal)A sandwich.
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noun

  1. (Australia, colloquial, dated, informal)A sandwich.
  2. (UK)A rudimentary wooden bridge in India.
    “1824, Alexander Gerard, Journal of an Excursion through the Himalayah Mountains, from Shipke to the Frontiers of Chinese Tartary, David Brewster (editor), The Edinburgh Journal of Science, Volume 1: April—October, page 219, We crossed it and another stream a little above their union by a couple of bad sangos, and ascended from its bed by a rocky footpath, winding amongst extensive forests of oak, yew, pine, and horse chesnut, to Camp.”
    “Four large mountain torrents, the Dangalee, Dubrane, Loarnad, and Rindee Gadh, join the Ganges from the left bank, and have to be crossed by sangos.”

name

  1. The primary language spoken in the Central African Republic.
    “Sango has 5 million second-language speakers, but only 400,000 native speakers, mainly in the towns.”

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Etymology

Abbreviation of sandwich (pronounced sangwich) + -o (colloquialising suffix). Australian from 1940s.

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