Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9161
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9161
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1569.—"There is much fruit that comes from Arabia and Persia, which they call *mangoes* (*mangas*), which is very good fruit."—*Cronica dos Reys Dormuz*, translated from the Arabic in 1569.