Definitions

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  • noun Mashed plantain

Etymologies

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Derived from mangú.

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Examples

  • But I think that simply to dismiss Azande mangu, to shrug it off as part of a superstitious primitivism from which we have happily been weaned, is to miss something essential.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • * He was particularly interested in the role of mangu roughly: “witchcraft” in their daily life:

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • Latino is when we use different names for the same thing, like Mexican salsa and Caribbean sofrito, or Puerto Rican mofongo, Dominican mangu and Cuban Foo-foo, showing both, our individuality and our commonality.

    Virginia Sanchez-Korrol: On Being Latino With a New York Accent Virginia Sanchez-Korrol 2011

  • * He was particularly interested in the role of mangu roughly: “witchcraft” in their daily life:

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • Latino is when we use different names for the same thing, like Mexican salsa and Caribbean sofrito, or Puerto Rican mofongo, Dominican mangu and Cuban Foo-foo, showing both, our individuality and our commonality.

    Virginia Sanchez-Korrol: On Being Latino With a New York Accent Virginia Sanchez-Korrol 2011

  • But I think that simply to dismiss Azande mangu, to shrug it off as part of a superstitious primitivism from which we have happily been weaned, is to miss something essential.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • But I think that simply to dismiss Azande mangu, to shrug it off as part of a superstitious primitivism from which we have happily been weaned, is to miss something essential.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • * He was particularly interested in the role of mangu roughly: “witchcraft” in their daily life:

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • * He was particularly interested in the role of mangu roughly: “witchcraft” in their daily life:

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • But I think that simply to dismiss Azande mangu, to shrug it off as part of a superstitious primitivism from which we have happily been weaned, is to miss something essential.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

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