sango

See also: Sango and ŝanĝo

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæŋəʊ/

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -æŋəʊ

Noun

sango (plural sangos or sangoes)

1. (dated, Australia, informal, colloquial) A sandwich. [From 1940s.]

Usage notes

Now more common is sanger.

Synonyms

• (Australia, Ireland, informal) sambo
• (Australia, informal) sammie, sammo, sanger
• (UK, informal) sarnie

References

• Macquarie Slang Dictionary lists sanger, with sango under “also”.

Etymology 2

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Noun

sango (plural sangos)

1. (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.

   • 1865, Henry Astbury Leveson, The Hunting Grounds of the Old World, page 459,

     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.

Anagrams

• Ganos, Gaons, Goans, Nogas, agons, gaons, gosan

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Bikol Central

Noun

sango

1. odor; smell; whiff

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Esperanto

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian sangue, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sanguis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsanɡo/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsaŋɡo/ (considered by some to be incorrect)

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: san‧go

Noun

sango (uncountable, accusative sangon)

1. blood

Derived terms

• sangavida
• sangi
• sangosoifanta
• sangotransfuzo

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French

Noun

sango m (plural sangos)

1. Sango

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Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto sango, from French sang, Italian sangue, Spanish sangre, ultimately from Latin sanguis.

Noun

sango (uncountable)

1. blood

Derived terms

• sangala (“sanguine”)
• sangoza (“bloody, sanguinary”)
• sangifar (“to bleed”)
• sangocirkulado (“blood circulation”)
• sangomorbo (“blood disease”)
• sangovarsar (“to shed blood”)

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Japanese

Romanization

sango

1. Rōmaji transcription of さんご