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NAGANA

Note: Nagana \Na*ga"na\, noun. [Probably native name.]. (Websters 1913)

"NAGANA" is a common misspelling or typo for: agama, angina.


Crosswords: NAGANA

Specialty definitions using "NAGANA": naganaTrypanosoma brucei brucei, Trypanosoma congolense, Trypanosoma montgomeryi, Trypanosoma nanum, Trypanosoma pecorum, Trypanosoma vivax, Trypanosomiasis, African. (references)

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Specialty Definition: NAGANA

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Food & Agriculture

Nagana is an unscientific but convenient name for trypanosomiasis transmitted by tsetse flies (Glossina species) in Africa. The trypanosomes involved are:Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma congolense, Trypanosoma simiae, Trypanosoma suis, Trypanosoma uniforme, Trypanosoma vivax. The symptoms include anaemia, intermittent fever and a slow, progressive emaciation. Source: European Union. (references)

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Modern Usage: NAGANA

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Movie/TV Titles

Nagana (1955)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: NAGANA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

nagana

3
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Modern Translation: NAGANA

Language Translations for "NAGANA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

ngana, nagana, trypanosomiasis hos kvaeg. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

nagana, tsetseziekte. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

nagana, trypanosomioosi, trypanosomiaasi (trypanosomiasis, trypanosomosis). (various references)

   

French

  

nagana. (various references)

   

German

  

Nagana, Tsetse-Krankheit, Tse-Tse-Krankheit. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

νόσος του Ναγάνα, τρυπανοσωματίαση. (various references)

   

Italian

  

n'gana, ngana, nagana, tripanosomiasi da Trypanosoma brucei. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

agananay

   

Portuguese

  

nagana. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

nagana. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

nagana. (various references)

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Derivations: NAGANA

Derivations

Words beginning with "NAGANA": naganas. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "NAGANA"

Words rhyming with "NAGANA" (pronounced 'Na*ga"na'): Abuna, Achatina, Alcanna, Alhenna, Alumna, Amphirhina, Amphisbaena, Angina, Anna, Anona, Antenna, arena, Avena, Avifauna, Banana, Becuna, BELLADONNA, Bellona, Carina, Casuarina, Catena, Cavatina, Concertina, Coquina, Cromorna, Curtana, Czarevna, Czarina, Damiana, DIANA, Echidna, Erythrina, Galena, Gehenna, Gena, Globigerina, Glucina, Hemina, henna, Hosanna, HYENA, iguana, Krishna, lacuna, Lena, Levana, Limacina, Linguatulina, Littorina, Luna. (additional references)

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Anagrams: NAGANA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-g-n-n"

-2 letters: anga, anna, naan, nana.

-3 letters: aga, ana, gan, nag, nan.

-4 letters: aa, ag, an, na.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-a-g-n-n"
 

+1 letter: naganas.

 

+3 letters: manganate.

 

+4 letters: caravaning, gargantuan, manganates.

 

+5 letters: advantaging, anagramming, aquaplaning, avalanching, caravanning, carrageenan, galavanting, manganesian, sanguinaria.

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Alternative Orthography: NAGANA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 41 47 41 4E 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.    .-    --.    .-    -.    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01000001 01000111 01000001 01001110 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#65 &#71 &#65 &#78 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0041 0047 0041 004E 0041

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

483541354835

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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