Falanga

See also: falanga, falangă, falangą, and Falangą

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Falanga.

Proper noun

Falanga (plural Falangas)

  1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Falanga is the 41426th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 525 individuals. Falanga is most common among White (95.62%) individuals.

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Sicilian falanga (“plank, gangplank, temporary bridge; fence”).

Proper noun

Falanga ?

  1. a surname from Sicilian

Further reading

Polish
Falanga (#1)
Falanga (#2)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Falange.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /faˈlaŋ.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -aŋɡa
  • Syllabification: Fa‧lan‧ga
  • Homophone: falanga

Proper noun

Falanga f (related adjective falangowy)

  1. (fascism, historical, nationalism) Falange Española de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista (fascist political party founded in Spain in 1934 as merger of the Falange Española and the Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista)
  2. (fascism, nationalism) Falanga (Polish national radical organization founded in January 2009)

Declension
Declension of Falanga
singular
nominative Falanga
genitive Falangi
dative Falandze
accusative Falangę
instrumental Falangą
locative Falandze
vocative Falango

Derived terms
noun
adjective
  • falangistowski
nouns

Further reading
  • Falanga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Falanga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Falanga in PWN's encyclopedia
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