Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A general term for leather made from goatskins or sheep-skins with either a bright or a dull finish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A government of Upper Egypt.
- noun same as Dongola kid.
- noun leather made by the Dongola process.
- noun a process of tanning goatskin, and now also calfskin and sheepskin, with a combination of vegetable and mineral agents, so that it resembles kid.
- noun a boat race in which the crews are composed of a number of pairs, usually of men and women.
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Examples
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Marakwet: ochon Mbeere: mungo, rwonge, rwongi Somali: dhangalow, dongola Swahili: mbungo, mpira, bungo (fruit) Taita: meru, mameru (plural), ndimu Taveta: ivungu
Chapter 7 1999
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