| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pon·gee |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p n-j  , pnj |
| NOUN: | A soft thin cloth woven from Chinese or Indian raw silk or an imitation thereof. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Chinese (Mandarin) b n zh , homemade fabric : bn, root, original, one's own + zh, to weave, spin.
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