tanga
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tanga /ˈtaŋgə/
▶noun Brit. a pair of briefs consisting of small panels connected by strings at the sides.
– origin early 20th cent. (denoting a loincloth worn by indigenous peoples in tropical America): from Port., ult. of Bantu origin.
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