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Meaning of jungle in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈdʒəŋɡəl/

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  1. Noun

    jungle

    Etymology

    late 18th century: via Hindi from Sanskrit jāṅgala‘rough and arid (terrain)’

    Definitions

    1. an impenetrable equatorial forest
  2. 2. a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival
  3. 3. a place where hoboes camp

Famous quotes

  • « Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong. »
    G. Gordon Liddy
  • « If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed. »
    Luther Burbank
  • « I have very long legs and I hate driving anything unless it's a boat or an ATV in the jungle. I like to sit in the back of a car, where I can look out the window, answer my emails on my iPad, or hold hands with a pretty girl. »
    Jean Pigozzi
  • « It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch. »
    Thor Heyerdahl
  • « Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future. »
    Albert Camus

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