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Falange

Falange proper noun: a Spanish fascist movement active in the 1930s until its dissolution in 1977.

Proper noun

Falange

  1. (historical) A Spanish fascist movement active in the 1930s until its dissolution in 1977.
    • José Antonio Primo de Rivera, son of former Spanish dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera, founded the Falange in 1933 to encourage national unity and pride and to combat the Left and liberal Republicans.2014, Bernard A. Cook, Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia, Routledge, →ISBN, page 361

Origin of Falange

From Spanish Falange, from falange (“phalanx, phalange”), from Latin phalanx, from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx). Doublet of phalanx, phalange, plank and planch.

Words formed from Falange

Questions about Falange

What does Falange mean?
Falange means a Spanish fascist movement active in the 1930s until its dissolution in 1977.
What part of speech is Falange?
Falange is a proper noun.

Words near Falange in the dictionary

  1. falandization
  2. falang
  3. Falanga
  4. Falangas
  5. falangcai
  6. Falange
  7. falanghina
  8. falanghinas
  9. Falangism
  10. Falangist
  11. Falangists

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