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mango

The Portuguese met the mango on India's Malabar coast, where Malayalam māṅṅa and Tamil māṅkāy meant 'mango fruit'; they called it manga and passed the word to English, French and Spanish, and planted the fruit in Brazil, while Malay traders carried mangga to the Philippines and the Manila galleons took mangoes to Mexico.

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From Portuguese to Spanish, Mexican Spanish

From Portuguese to Brazilian Portuguese

From Portuguese to French

From Portuguese to Italian

From Malayalam to Malay, Indonesian

From Malay to Tagalog

From English to German

From English to Russian

From English to Japanese

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mango

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The road to English

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