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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From Malayalam manga. The fruit was introduced by the Portuguese to Europe from Calicut (Malabar Coast) in late fifteenth century during the spice trade.
{{etyl|pt}} {{term|manga|lang=pt}} < {{etyl|ms}} {{term|mangga|lang=ms}}, ultimately from {{etyl|ta}} {{term|மாங்காய்|tr=māṅkāy|sc=Taml}} or {{etyl|ml}} {{term|മാങ്ങ|tr=mangnga|lang=ml}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From the Malayalam word "manga".
From {{etyl|en|pl}} {{term|mango|lang=en}} < {{etyl|ta|pl}} {{term|மாங்காய்|tr=māṅkāy|sc=Taml}}


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
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===Etymology 2===
===Etymology 2===
From the Malayalam word "manga".
From {{etyl|en|es}} {{term|mango|lang=en}}, from {{etyl|pt|es}} {{term|manga|lang=pt}} < {{etyl|ms|es}} {{term|mangga|lang=ms}}, ultimately from {{etyl|ta|es}} {{term|மாங்காய்|tr=māṅkāy|sc=Taml}} or {{etyl|ml|es}} {{term|മാങ്ങ|tr=mangnga|lang=ml}}


====Noun====
====Noun====

Revision as of 22:59, 29 October 2008

See also: Mango and mangō

English

mangoes (fruit)

Etymology

From Malayalam manga. The fruit was introduced by the Portuguese to Europe from Calicut (Malabar Coast) in late fifteenth century during the spice trade.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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  1. Template:botany A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica.
  2. The fruit of the mango tree.
  3. A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing.
    • 2004, Elizabeth E. Lea, William Woys Weaver, A Quaker Woman's Cookbook: The Domestic Cookery of Elizabeth Ellicott Lea, page 335
      In Pennsylvania and western Maryland, mangoes were generally made with green bell peppers.
  4. Template:US A green bell pepper suitable for pickling
    • 1879, Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture, Agriculture of Pennsylvania, Page 222
      Mango peppers by the dozen, if owned by the careful housewife, would gladden the appetite or disposition of any epicure or scold.
    • 1896, Ohio State Board of Agriculture, Annual Report, Page 154
      Best mango peppers
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    • 2000, Allan A. Metcalf, How We Talk: American Regional English Today, page 41
      Finally, although both the South and North Midlands are not known for their tropical climate, that's where mangoes grow. These aren't the tropical fruit, though, but what are elsewhere called green peppers.
  5. A type of muskmelon, Cucumis melo.
  6. Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax. (also often capitalized: Mango)

Translations

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References

See also

Czech

Noun

mango n

  1. mango

Italian

Noun

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  1. mango

Polish

Etymology

From the Malayalam word "manga".

Pronunciation

Noun

(deprecated template usage) mango n

  1. mango (fruit and tree)

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) manicus.

Noun

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  1. handle

Etymology 2

From the Malayalam word "manga".

Noun

Template:es-noun-m

  1. (deprecated template usage) (plants) mango

See also

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