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Dagga (Afrikaans pronunciation: [/ˈdaχa/]) is a word used in certain areas of Southern Africa to describe cannabis. The term, dating to the 1660s, derives from the word dacha in the Khoekhoe language used to describe the plant as well as various species of Leonotis. The leaves of specifically the Leonotis leonurus resemble the cannabis leaf and is known locally as wild dagga. The word has been spelled many different ways over time as various groups of people began using the term and some examples of these are: daggha, dacha, dacka, dagha, tagga, dachka, daga.According to the Oxford Dictionary, dagga was also used by the Khoekhoe to describe the sensation of intoxication.

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  • Dagga (Afrikaans pronunciation: [/ˈdaχa/]) is a word used in certain areas of Southern Africa to describe cannabis. The term, dating to the 1660s, derives from the word dacha in the Khoekhoe language used to describe the plant as well as various species of Leonotis. The leaves of specifically the Leonotis leonurus resemble the cannabis leaf and is known locally as wild dagga. The word has been spelled many different ways over time as various groups of people began using the term and some examples of these are: daggha, dacha, dacka, dagha, tagga, dachka, daga.According to the Oxford Dictionary, dagga was also used by the Khoekhoe to describe the sensation of intoxication. (en)
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  • June 2020 (en)
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  • Sound file of the word being spoken by a South African. The double g's are pronounced much like the Scottish "loch". (en)
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  • En-dagga.oga (en)
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  • Oxford University Press publishes many dictionaries. Which one? (en)
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  • Dagga pronunciation (en)
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  • Dagga (Afrikaans pronunciation: [/ˈdaχa/]) is a word used in certain areas of Southern Africa to describe cannabis. The term, dating to the 1660s, derives from the word dacha in the Khoekhoe language used to describe the plant as well as various species of Leonotis. The leaves of specifically the Leonotis leonurus resemble the cannabis leaf and is known locally as wild dagga. The word has been spelled many different ways over time as various groups of people began using the term and some examples of these are: daggha, dacha, dacka, dagha, tagga, dachka, daga.According to the Oxford Dictionary, dagga was also used by the Khoekhoe to describe the sensation of intoxication. (en)
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  • Dagga (en)
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