Mahogany

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Submitted Name

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Gender Feminine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. mah-HAW-go-nee
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Contributor Contrib.anonymous on 6/2/2006
Last Editor EditorLMS on 10/21/2016  [revision history]

Meaning & History

From the English word mahogany, a tropical tree of the genus Swietenia, valued for their hard, reddish-brown wood; or after the color of the wood. Ultimately from Spanish mahogani, perhaps of Mayan origin.