mangues
English translation: Mangoes
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| na | Mangoes |
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| na | mangos/mangoes |
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| na | Mangoes or mangos |
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Mangoes Explanation: My Indian friends offer me mangoes. But is that proof enough? |
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Mangoes Explanation: My Indian friends offer me mangoes. But is that proof enough? And Madhur Jaffrey's book on "Indian Cookery" spells it this way. |
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mangos/mangoes Explanation: My Dutch-English dictionary gives "mangos" as the plural form. Between brackets it says (also: mangoes). According to my dictionary, the best form would be the first one. My first reaction, though, was "mangoes". Strange... HTH, Serge L. van Dale Nederlands-Engels woordenboek |
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mangoes Explanation: dictionnaries (larousse + Harrap's) + web sites Reference: http://www.google.com |
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Mangoes Explanation: Mango is the singular form and Mangoes is the plural form. I am an Indian, from the land of Alphonso Mangoes. HTH Poornima :-) For confirmation check the link below Reference: http://southernfood.about.com/library/weekly/aa062401a.htm |
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Mangoes or mangos Explanation: The OED gives both but 'oes' comes first. It just seems to look right to me. |
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mangoes Explanation: my 'Oxford Dictionary for Writers & Editors' (edition 2000) only goves mangoes and not the option of mangos |
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