Meaning of bungo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A Japanese written language established mainly during the Heian period, circa 900–1200 C.E., and commonly used until circa 1900.
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2. A kind of large canoe used in the southern United States, Central America, and South America.
3. A large sailboat once used in Mexico.

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Examples

“On the third day a bungo passed us, coming down the river from New Grenada, with a cargo and passengers to Santa Martha and the parts adjacent”

“He and a number of others bought a bungo (a large canoe), and in it actually started for San Francisco, a distance of more than three thousand miles. The party chose for leader one Chris. Lilly, a pugilist, […]”

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