Sango vs Sago - What's the difference?
sango | sago |
(dated, Australia, informal, colloquial) A sandwich.
(UK) A rudimentary wooden bridge in India.
* 1824 , Alexander Gerard, Journal of an Excursion through the Himalayah Mountains, from Shipke to the Frontiers of Chinese Tartary'', David Brewster (editor), ''The Edinburgh Journal of Science , Volume 1: April—October,
* 1865 , Henry Astbury Leveson, The Hunting Grounds of the Old World ,
A powdered starch obtained from certain palms used as a food thickener.
Any of the palms from which sago is extracted.
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As nouns the difference between sango and sago
is that sango is a sandwich while sago is a powdered starch obtained from certain palms used as a food thickener.As a proper noun Sango
is the primary language spoken in the Central African Republic: it has 5 million second-language speakers, but only 400,000 native speakers, mainly in the towns.sango
English
Etymology 1
From . Australian from 1940s.Noun
(en-noun)Usage notes
Now more common is sanger.Synonyms
* sanger (qualifier) * sarnie (qualifier)References
* Macquarie Slang Dictionary'' lists ''sanger'', with ''sango under “also”.Etymology 2
Noun
(en noun)page 219,
- We crossed it and another stream a little above their union by a couple of bad sangos , and ascended from its bed by a rocky footpath, winding amongst extensive forests of oak, yew, pine, and horse chesnut, to Camp.
page 459,
- Four large mountain torrents, the Dangalee, Dubrane, Loarnad, and Rindee Gadh, join the Ganges from the left bank, and have to be crossed by sangos .