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man⋅go

[mang-goh]
–noun, plural -goes, -gos.
1. the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
2. the tree itself.
3. Midland U.S. (chiefly the Ohio Valley). a sweet pepper.
4. Ornithology. any of several large hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax.

Origin:
1575–85; < Pg manga, prob. < Malayalam māṅṅa
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man·go   (māng'gō)   
n.   pl. man·goes or man·gos
    1. A tropical Asian evergreen tree (Mangifera indica) cultivated for its edible fruit.

    2. The ovoid fruit of this tree, having a smooth rind, sweet juicy flesh, and a flat one-seeded stone. It is eaten ripe or pickled when green.

  1. Any of various types of pickle, especially a pickled stuffed sweet pepper.


[From Portuguese manga, fruit of the mango tree, from Malay manga, from Tamil mānkāy : mān, mango tree + kāy, fruit.]
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Word Origin & History

mango 
1582, from Port. manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil mankay, from man "mango tree" + kay "fruit." Mango trees were brought from Timor to British gardens in Jamaica and St. Vincent 1793 by Capt. Bligh on his second voyage.
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Computing Dictionary

mango jargon
/mang'go/ (Originally in-house jargon at Symbolics) A manager.
Compare mangler. See also devo and doco.
(1995-03-21)

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