Waragi

//ˈwaɹəɡi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A distilled alcoholic beverage made from bananas or millet, common in Uganda. countable, uncountable

    "The two men walk down the hill from Makerere University but get no further than Wandegeya, a cacophonous slum of scrap-iron artisans, blaring radios and ragged-trousered clients frequenting matoke and waragi bars."

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"The two men walk down the hill from Makerere University but get no further than Wandegeya, a cacophonous slum of scrap-iron artisans, blaring radios and ragged-trousered clients frequenting matoke and waragi bars."

Etymology

Borrowed from Luganda waragi, itself from English war + gin.

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