tanga

[ tuh ng-gah ]

/ təŋˈgɑ /

either of two former coins of India, one gold and one silver, issued by various Muslim rulers.

a former coin of Portuguese India, equal to the 10th part of a rupee.

a former silver coin of Tibet of varying weight and fineness.

Also tangka.

Origin of tanga

First recorded in 1590–1600, tanga is from the Hindi word taṅgā

Tanga

[ tang-guh ]

/ ˈtæŋ gə /

a seaport in NE Tanzania.

Ipanema has long been the hotbed of beach apparel, launching looks like the tanga and the g-string.

The Girl From Ipanema Is Not Alone: Rio’s Famous Beach Is A Rich, Cultural Kaleidoscope |Brandon Presser |June 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It was disembarked from the troopship near Tanga, and then moved against the position.

New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 |Various
Korogwe is in the Usambara hills, on the north bank of the Pangani river, and is reached by railway from Tanga.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 |Various
Everything was put by except his knife, and this, drawn from his tanga, was now held tightly in his grasp.

Afloat in the Forest |Mayne Reid

At that time the only railway in the country was a line from Tanga to the Usambara highlands.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 |Various
He it was who told me of his discovery of a seam of anthracite coal in the bed of a river near the Tanga railway.

Sketches of the East Africa Campaign |Robert Valentine Dolbey

tanga

/ (ˈtæŋɡə) /

a triangular loincloth worn by indigenous peoples in tropical America

a type of very brief bikini

from Portuguese, ultimately of Banth origin

Tanga

/ (ˈtæŋɡə) /

a port in N Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean: Tanzania's second port. Pop: 190 000 (2005 est)