arango

See also: aranĝo

English

Alternative forms

rango

Etymology

Rango is the earlier form, attested from 1644.[1][2] From Malagasy rango (“long and thin”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈɹæŋɡəʊ/

Noun

arango (plural arangos or arangoes)

A rough carnelian bead, formerly used in Africa as currency when buying slaves for the slave trade.
- 1794, James Watt, Journal of James Watt: Expedition to Timbo Capital of the Fula Empire in 1794:
  There we purchased two sheep, one for two strings of arangoes, for the other I gave a note upon Mr. Walker for a bar of salt.

References

“arango”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

William Foster (1913) The English factories in India, 1642-1645‎, page 182
Peter Francis (2001) Asia's Maritime Bead Trade, University of Hawaii Press, →DOI, page 179

Anagrams

Angora, Aragon, Argoan, angora, organa

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