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dong.

dung, manure

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/dɔŋ/
  1. dung, manure

    Northern · dated · dialectal · masculine · no-diminutive · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch *dong, from Old Dutch *dunga, from Proto-Germanic *dungō. Cognate to English dung.

noun/dɔŋ/
  1. dong, the currency of Vietnam

    masculine · no-diminutive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Vietnamese đồng.

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