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/ˈdʒʌŋ.ɡəl/

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Translation

A thick, hot forest with many trees and plants growing close together.

Word origin

From Hindi jangal, meaning wild, uncleared land covered in plants.

Origin
Hindi
Root
jangal

Grammar

Gender
Pluraljungles

Examples

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"Jungle" is a thick, hot forest full of trees.

equator.

"Jungles" is the plural, meaning more than one jungle.

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Here "jungle" is the dense forest they move through.

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This word is part of lesson 48.