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Badaga

noun
Ba·​da·​ga | \ bəˈdägə\
plural Badaga or Badagas

Definition of Badaga

1a : a Dravidian agricultural people of southern India
b : a member of such people
2 : the dialect of Kanarese that is the language of the Badaga people

First Known Use of Badaga

1869, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

History and Etymology for Badaga

Kanarese baḍaga, literally, northman

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