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Donga may refer to:
- In geography:
- Donga, Angola
- Donga, Nigeria town in Taraba State of Nigeria, inhabited principally by the Chamba Tribe; the traditional head is the "Gara Donga"
- Donga Department, in Benin
- a form of stick fighting, practiced among the Nilotic Surma people
- Donga, a word in Telugu, meaning "Thief"
- a member of the Dongas road protest group (or "Dongas Tribe") which emerged to resist the destruction of Twyford Down
- Donga, a film in Telugu, starring Chiranjeevi
- In Australian colloquial English, the (human) penis. (More commonly spelt donger).
- In South African English, a Donga is a ditch formed by the erosion of soil.
- In Australian English, sleeping quarters or a portable office building used particularly in the mining and construction industries. Originally a hut or part of a hut, now also a bedroom in an air-conditioned building. Possibly from Papua New Guinea, where donga means ‘house’.
- In Australian English, "the donga" refers to the outback or a barren and particularly remote area, or to a collection of plant life in a desert area.
- A makeshift device used to mask the smell of smoke.
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