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kanga
Swahili · 1800s
"speckled guineafowl"
the printed cotton cloth was named for its resemblance to the speckled bird's markings
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kanga
English · 1900s
"a brightly patterned cotton wrap"
adopted into English to describe the traditional East African garment
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