/ˈsæŋəʊ/
OriginAbbreviation of sandwich (pronounced "sangwich") + -o (colloquialising suffix). Australian from 1940s.
- Australia, colloquial, dated, informalA sandwich.
- UKA rudimentary wooden bridge in India.
“1824, Alexander Gerard, Journal of an Excursion through the Himalayah Mountains, from Shipke to the Frontiers of Chinese Tartary, David Brewster (editor), The Edinburgh Journal of Science, Volume 1: A”
“Four large mountain torrents, the Dangalee, Dubrane, Loarnad, and Rindee Gadh, join the Ganges from the left bank, and have to be crossed by sangos.”
- The primary language spoken in the Central African Republic.
“Sango has 5 million second-language speakers, but only 400,000 native speakers, mainly in the towns.”
Formssangos(plural) · sangoes(plural) · Sangho(alternative)