Mangue
/mæŋ/noun
A mangrove or mangrove swamp, especially in regional or historical usage.
Did you know?English mangue is a rare variant connected with mangrove, a word whose history passed through Portuguese and Spanish before entering English.
Etymological Timeline
16th Century
Portuguese
mangue
“Mangrove or mangrove swamp, recorded in descriptions of tropical coastal environments.”
16th Century
Spanish
mangle
“Mangrove tree or thicket.”
17th Century
English
mangrove
“A tropical tree growing in muddy coastal water; later also the swamp it forms.”
17th–18th Century
English
mangue
“A regional or variant form referring to a mangrove or mangrove swamp.”
Modern English
English
mangue
“A rare dialectal or historical term for mangrove or mangrove swamp.”