Kanga
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- proper noun
- /ˈkæŋɡə/
- Literature
- In the stories of Winnie-the-Pooh, Kanga is known as the caring mother of Roo.
- Kanga and Roo
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Watch on YouTubeI wasn't, didn't feel good about Kanga, you know, but I came home and I and I went, I nailed Eeyore.
- I wasn't, didn't feel good about Kanga, you know, but I came home and I and I went, I nailed Eeyore.
Examples
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When Kanga and Roo... first moved to the Hundred Acre Wood.
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I'm Kanga, and somewhere around here is baby Roo.
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Now everyone pretend that their flower is Kanga.
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Which is a picture of... Kanga's house.
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And we'd never have found out how nice Kanga was.
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Kanga won't know the difference.
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Well, then, Kanga's house is where we'll look for Piglet.
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Well, hello there, and good mornin', Mrs. Kanga, ma'am!
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Piglet has always liked visiting Kanga's.
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One--Pooh will distract Kanga... long enough for two-- Tigger and I to take Roo from her pouch... and three-- replace him with Piglet.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kanga comes from the animal kangaroo, a word from an Australian Aboriginal language. In A. A. Milne's stories she is a mother, so a helpful way to remember Kanga is to think 'a mother kangaroo' who carries and cares for baby Roo.