New American Oxford Dictionary
ponga
ponga |ˈpʌŋə |(also punga ) ▶noun NZ a tree fern found in forests throughout New Zealand. Also called silver fern. ●Cyathea dealbata, family Cyatheaceae. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Maori.
pongal
pongal |ˈpɒŋg (ə )l | ▶noun the Tamil New Year festival, celebrated by the cooking of new rice. • [ mass noun ] a southern Indian dish of rice cooked with various herbs and spices. ORIGIN from Tamil poṅkal, literally ‘boiling, swelling ’ (with reference to the cooking process of rice ).
Oxford Dictionary
ponga
ponga |ˈpʌŋə |(also punga ) ▶noun NZ a tree fern found in forests throughout New Zealand. Also called silver fern. ●Cyathea dealbata, family Cyatheaceae. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Maori.
pongal
pongal |ˈpɒŋg (ə )l | ▶noun the Tamil New Year festival, celebrated by the cooking of new rice. • [ mass noun ] a southern Indian dish of rice cooked with various herbs and spices. ORIGIN from Tamil poṅkal, literally ‘boiling, swelling ’ (with reference to the cooking process of rice ).
Duden Dictionary
Pongau
Pon gau Substantiv, maskulin , der |P o ngau |der Pongau; Genitiv: des Pongau [e ]s salzburgische Alpenlandschaft