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ganza

ganza noun: a kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world.

Noun (1)

ganza (plural ganzas)

  1. A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world.

Noun (2)

ganza (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A metal, possibly lead or an alloy, formerly used as an inferior currency in Pegu.

Proper noun capitalized: Ganza

Ganza

  1. An Omotic language spoken in the Blue Nile state of Sudan, with approximately 3,000 speakers.

Forms of ganza

pluralganzas
alternative formgansa
alternative formgangsa
alternative formganse

Origin of ganza

Borrowed from Spanish gansa, feminine form of ganso (“goose”).

From Arabic غانزا, from the name in Ganza.

Questions about ganza

What does ganza mean?
Ganza means a kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world.
What part of speech is ganza?
Ganza can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of ganza?
The plural of ganza is ganzas.

Words near ganza in the dictionary

  1. Ganymedeans
  2. Ganymedes
  3. Ganymedian
  4. Ganz
  5. Ganz system
  6. ganza
  7. ganzas
  8. ganzee
  9. ganzees
  10. Ganzer
  11. Ganzers

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