Mangas

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A type of cocky, working-class man in early twentieth-century Greece, associated with violent behaviour, alcohol and hashish, and celebrated in various folk songs. historical

    "Impoverished, disenfranchised, the mangas lived by petty crime and occasional labor."

  2. 2
    plural of manga form-of, plural

    "Many characters in long-running mangas grow up as their audiences do: they get married, raise children, and so on."

Synonyms

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animekomkumanhuamanhwa

Example

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"I learned everything important in life from mangas."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Greek μάγκας (mágkas).

Etymology 2

Plural forms.

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