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don⋅ga

[dong-guh, dawng-guh]
–noun
1. (in an ice shelf) a small ravine with steep sides.
2. (in South Africa) an eroded ravine; a dry watercourse.

Origin:
1875–80; < Nguni (cf. Zulu u(lu)donga); perh. directly < a pidginized form with loss of the class prefix, as Fanagalo donga
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