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ˈpɑŋ gəpan·ga
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machete, matchet, panganoun
a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
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panga
A panga is a type of knife or machete commonly used in East and Southern Africa. It is designed with a broad blade, often curved, used for tasks such as chopping wood or slaughtering animals. It is also sometimes used as a weapon given its size and sharpness. The term 'panga' can also refer to a type of boat, similar to a skiff, often seen in Central and South America.
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Panga
Panga is the common South African name for Pterogymnus laniarius, a small, ocean-dwelling fish, native to the southeast Atlantic Ocean and southwest Indian Ocean. Alternatively called "torpedo scads", they are cold-blooded with white flesh. Their scales are generally pink in color with whitish underbelly and blue-green stripes running laterally along their sides. Over the course of its life, a panga will undergo periodic sex-changes with as much as 30% of the population being hermaphroditic at a time. Despite the presence of both sex organs, it is thought unlikely that both are simultaneously active. Panga are slow to reach sexual maturity, with a minimum population doubling time of 4.5–14 years. In other countries, the name panga may refer to a different species. In Indonesia, it refers to Megalaspis cordyla, in Spain, the Netherlands and Poland it refers to Pangasius hypophthalmus, and in Kenya it refers to Trichiurus lepturus.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of panga in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of panga in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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I know people who are dedicated 100 percent to that (totoaba) business, and dont even have $10 to put gas in the tank of their panga, the Chinese are making the profit, that I can tell you.
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