English Explanatory Dictionary

wangan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A boat for conveying provisions, tools, and so forth.
  2. Any location or cache of equipment, such as a camp, building, or chest of supplies or tools.
  3. The company store debt of a lumberman.
name
  1. A rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan.
  2. An island of Wangan, Penghu County, Taiwan.
name
  1. An Aboriginal Australian people of the Isaac Region of Central Queensland.

Pronunciation

/(ˈ)wɑŋˈæn/ /wæŋ-/ /-ɑn/ wängʹänʹ /ˈwɒŋən/

Word forms

wangan wangans wangun wanigan wannigan Wang-an Wang'an

Etymology

From Abenaki waniigan (“pit trap, container for sundries”); liken klahigan (“wooden trap”), Ojibwe waanikaan (“pit, excavated hole”).

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