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donga

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donga1
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) South African, Austral, and NZ a steep-sided gully created by soil erosion
[Afrikaans, from Nguni donga washed out gully]
donga2
n
(in Papua New Guinea) a house or shelter
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There were trenches for us men, but no place of safety for our horses nearer than this long and narrow donga which ran from within our lines towards those of the Boers.
Raffles, Further Adventures Of The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context
Then, without saying anything to my mother, I snatched the gourd and ran with it to a little donga that was hard by, for I knew that there was a spring.
Nada The Lily by Haggard, Rider H. View in context
 
 
 
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