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mango

[mang-goh] Origin

man·go

[mang-goh]
noun, plural -goes, -gos.
1.
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
2.
the tree itself.
3.
Midland U.S. (chiefly the Ohio Valley). a sweet pepper.
4.
Ornithology. any of several large hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax.

Origin:
1575–85; < Portuguese manga, probably < Malayalam māṅṅa
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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mango (ˈmæŋɡəʊ)
 
n , pl -goes, -gos
1.  a tropical Asian anacardiaceous evergreen tree, Mangifera indica, cultivated in the tropics for its fruit
2.  the ovoid edible fruit of this tree, having a smooth rind and sweet juicy orange-yellow flesh
 
[C16: via Portuguese from Malay mangā, from Tamil mānkāy from mān mango tree + kāy fruit]

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Word Origin & History

mango
1582, from Port. manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil mankay, from man "mango tree" + kay "fruit." Mango trees were brought from Timor to British gardens in Jamaica and St. Vincent 1793 by Capt. Bligh on his second voyage.
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mango definition

jargon
/mang'go/ (Originally in-house jargon at Symbolics) A manager.
Compare mangler. See also devo and doco.
(1995-03-21)

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