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longa

longa preposition: belonging to; of, in, at, to.

longa: belonging to; of, in, at, to
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Preposition

longa

  1. (Australian Aboriginal) Belonging to; of, in, at, to.
    • This fella song all about the Aboriginal people, coloured people, black people longa Australia.1991, Jimmy Chi, Bran Nue Dae, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 137
    • He wait longa river.2000, Queensland Department of Justice, Aboriginal English in the courts: a handbook
    Synonyms:
    la, 'long

Noun

longa (plural longae or longe or longas)

  1. A musical note equal to two (or occasionally three) breves or whole notes.
    Synonyms:
    quadruple whole note, sextuple whole note

longa meaning in Vietnamese

longa in Vietnamese

Translations
tròn ba, dấu tròn ba

Synonyms of longa

Forms of longa

plurallongae
plurallonge
plurallongas

Origin of longa

From Australian Kriol langa, from English along. Compare Bislama and Tok Pisin long.

From Latin longa.

Phrases with longa

Questions about longa

What does longa mean?
Longa means belonging to; of, in, at, to.
What is longa in Vietnamese?
Longa in Vietnamese is tròn ba, dấu tròn ba. See Longa meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is longa?
Longa can be a preposition or a noun.

Words near longa in the dictionary

  1. long-welded
  2. long-winded
  3. long-windedly
  4. long-windedness
  5. long.
  6. longa
  7. Longacre
  8. Longacres
  9. longae
  10. longaeval
  11. longaevous

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