falanga

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

falanga

Wikipedia ^cs

• falanx

• IPA^(key): [ˈfalaŋɡa]

falanga f

1. phalanx (military formation)

• “falanga”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

falanga f (genitive falangae); first declension

1. Alternative form of phalanga

First-declension noun.

• falanga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

falanga

Wikipedia ^pl

• IPA^(key): /faˈlaŋ.ɡa/

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• Rhymes: -aŋɡa
• Syllabification: fa‧lan‧ga
• Homophone: Falanga

Learned borrowing from Latin phalanga. Doublet of planka and plansza.

falanga f (related adjective falangowy)

1. (Ancient Greece, historical, military) phalanx (ancient Greek military unit)

Borrowed from French phalange.

falanga f

1. phalanx (large group of animals, plants, or people)
2. (socialism) phalanx (in Charles Fourier's theory of utopian socialism: a community of about 1,600 people, engaged in agriculture and production, living in settlements)

From Falanga.

falanga f

1. (fascism, nationalism) radical nationalist or fascist organization
2. (fascism, nationalism) symbol of Polish nationalists in the form of a schematic representation of a hand holding an upraised sword

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

falanga f (related adjective falangowy)

1. (botany) phalanx (type of plant growth characterized by the formation of clumps)

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