pa'anga

[ pahng-guh, pah-ahng- ]
/ ˈpɑŋ gə, pɑˈɑŋ- /

noun

a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Tonga equal to 100 seniti.

Origin of pa'anga

First recorded in 1965–70, pa'anga is from the Tongan word pa’anga orig., a kind of vine producing large, reddish, disk-shaped seeds, a seed of the vine

Words nearby pa'anga

p45, p53 gene, pa, pa chin, pa system, pa'anga, pa's, pa., paal, paasikivi, paba

British Dictionary definitions for pa'anga

pa'anga
/ (pɑːˈɑːŋɡə) /

noun

the standard monetary unit of Tonga, divided into 100 seniti