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Webster 1913 Edition

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(ȧ-răṉ′gō̍)

Noun.

;

pl.

Arangoes

(-gōz)

[The native name.]

A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported from Bombay for use in the African slave trade.

McCulloch.

See also: aranĝo

arango ‎(plural arangoes)

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