galanga

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlæŋɡə/

galanga (plural galangas)

1. Alternative spelling of galangal.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 102:

     A compound of galanga, cubebs, sparrow wort, cardamoms, nutmeg, gillyflowers, Indian thistle, laurel seeds, cloves, Persian pepper is made into a drink. Taken twice daily morning and night, in pigeon or fowl broth, preceded and followed by eater. The result, according to Arab tradition, is an effective aphrodisiac.

• “galanga”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “galanga”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

• galangal

From Italian galanga.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑlɑŋːɑ/, [ˈɡɑ̝lɑ̝ŋːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑŋːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ga‧lan‧ga
• Hyphenation^(key): ga‧lan‧ga

galanga

1. galangal

• “galanga”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

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• IPA^(key): /ɡa.lɑ̃.ɡa/

galanga m (plural galangas)

1. galangal

From Arabic قَالَنْجَان (qālanjān).

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlan.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Hyphenation: ga‧làn‧ga

galanga f (plural galanghe)

1. galangal

galanga f (plural galangas)

1. galangal (any of several plants of the ginger family)

• “galanga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “galanga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026