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

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Falanga ?

1. a surname from Sicilian

Further reading

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2024

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

nouns

• falangista

 

Related terms

adjectives

• falangistowski

 

nouns

• falanga
• falangita

 

Further reading

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