Swahili
kilango
ki-LAN-go
How to say it
Swahilikilangoki-LAN-gosoon
Englishnarrow passagesoon
Frenchpassage étroitsoon
Meaning
a narrow passage, such as a strait, channel, or ravine.
Good to know
used in compounds: kilango cha bahari, a strait or channel; kilango cha mlima, a ravine or defile.
Examples
- Meli zilipita kwenye kilango cha bahari.Ships passed through the strait.
- Kilango cha mlima kilikuwa kigumu kuvuka.The mountain ravine was hard to cross.
- Je, kilango hiki kinaunganisha bahari mbili?Does this strait connect two seas?
- Waliteremka kupitia kilango kilichokuwa nyembamba.They descended through the narrow passage.
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