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单词 zingana
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zinganan.1

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian zingana.
Etymology: < Italian zingana, feminine form corresponding to zingano Romani person (see Zingani n.).
Obsolete.
A Romani woman or girl. Cf. Zingani n., Zingara n.
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1883 Harper's Mag. May 906/2 A glowing Italian, dressed in all the witchery of the coquettish zingana's attire.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

zinganan.2

Brit. /ˈzɪŋɡənə/, U.S. /ˈzɪŋɡənə/
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from a language of Gabon.
Etymology: Origin uncertain, perhaps < a language of Gabon. Compare French zingana (1911 in the journal cited by the source of quot. 1911).The wood is also sometimes known as izingana.
The striped wood of any of various African trees, especially from a leguminous tree of the genus Microberlinia.More usually called zebrawood or zebrano.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > woods with specific markings
speckle-wood1619
speckled wood1656
pigeon wood?1740
zebrawood1768
snake-wood1843
tiger-wood1858
tortoise-wood1866
zebrano1908
zingana1911
1911 Bull. Bureau Agric. Intelligence & Plant-dis. Mar. 621 The Zingana which is yellow, veined with black, is a splendid wood and has no equal.
1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpt. x. 297 Zebrawood, also known as Zingana and Zebrano, is a tropical wood imported from Africa.
1973 Observer 8 Apr. (Colour Suppl.) 13/1 (advt.) The grapefruit knife's got a stainless steel blade, zingana wood handle.
2009 G. Topa et al. Rainforests Cameroon v. 78 Much illegal timber (high-value woods such as bété, bibolo, bubinga, sapelli, and zingana) is used to make furniture.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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