Arango

//əˈɹæŋɡəʊ// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A rough carnelian bead, formerly used in Africa as currency when buying slaves for the slave trade.

    "There we purchased two sheep, one for two strings of arangoes, for the other I gave a note upon Mr. Walker for a bar of salt."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Example

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"There we purchased two sheep, one for two strings of arangoes, for the other I gave a note upon Mr. Walker for a bar of salt."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Rango is the earlier form, attested from 1644. From Malagasy rango (“long and thin”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish Arango, habitational surname of Basque origin.

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slave trade

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