| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| biltong |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bil·tong |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b l t ng , -tông |
| NOUN: | South African Narrow strips of meat dried in the sun. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Afrikaans : bil, buttock (from Middle Dutch bille; see bhel-2 in Appendix I) + tong, tongue (from Middle Dutch tonghe; see d gh - in Appendix I).
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