Falanga

Borrowed from Italian Falanga.

Falanga (plural Falangas)

1. A surname from Italian.

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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Falanga”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 547.

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

Falanga ?

1. a surname from Sicilian

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2024

Borrowed from Spanish Falange.

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

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)

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