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Mango
[edit]The word mango comes from the Portuguese manga, which is probably derived from the Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa; pronounced "manga"). The word's first recorded attestation in a European language was a text by Ludovico di Varthema in Italian in 1510, as Manga; the first recorded occurrences in languages such as French and post-classical Latin appear to be translations from this Italian text. The origin of the -o ending in English is unclear.[1]
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary mango, n. 1
Books to check out
[edit]- for Ecclesiastes, BS1475.3 .L66 1998