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| pong·al [ póng g'l ] |
noun South Asia |
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1. Tamil festival: a Tamil festival.New Year.
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2. rice dish: a rice dish popular in South India, that may or may not be sweetened
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| [Late 18th century. < Tamil ponkal "boiling," because the festival involves the cooking of new rice] |
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