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galanga

/ɡəˈlæŋɡə/

galanga is the alternative spelling of galangal.

Meaning of galangal

Noun

galangal (countable and uncountable, plural galangals)

  1. Any of several east Asian plants of genera Alpinia and Kaempferia in the ginger family, used as a spice, but principally Alpinia galanga.
    • The refreshing aroma of galangal acts in combination with and as a contrast to lemongrass in many recipes in this book.2008, Carol Selva Rajah, David Thompson, Heavenly Fragrance, page 144

Forms of galanga

pluralgalangas

Questions about galanga

What is galanga the alternative spelling of?
Galanga is the alternative spelling of galangal.
How do you pronounce galanga?
Galanga is pronounced /ɡəˈlæŋɡə/.

Words near galanga in the dictionary

  1. Galan
  2. galanas
  3. galanases
  4. galanergic
  5. Galang
  6. galanga
  7. galangal
  8. galangals
  9. galangas
  10. galangin
  11. Galangs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: galanga (page history and authors); galangal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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