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Mangalica

/mɑŋɡəˈliːtsə/

Mangalica noun: a domestic pig of a Hungarian breed developed in the mid-19th century, which grows a thick, curly coat of hair.

mangalica: a domestic pig of a Hungarian breed developed in the mid-19th century, which grows a thick, curly...
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Noun

Mangalica (plural Mangalicas)

  1. A domestic pig of a Hungarian breed developed in the mid-19th century, which grows a thick, curly coat of hair.

Forms of Mangalica

pluralMangalicas
alternative formMangalitsa
alternative formMangalitza

Origin of Mangalica

Borrowed from Hungarian mangalica (“Mangalica”).

Questions about Mangalica

What does Mangalica mean?
Mangalica means a domestic pig of a Hungarian breed developed in the mid-19th century, which grows a thick, curly coat of hair.
What part of speech is Mangalica?
Mangalica is a noun.
How do you pronounce Mangalica?
Mangalica is pronounced /mɑŋɡəˈliːtsə/.
What is the plural of Mangalica?
The plural of Mangalica is Mangalicas.

Words near Mangalica in the dictionary

  1. mangalasutram
  2. mangalasutrams
  3. mangalasutras
  4. Mangaldan
  5. Mangalia
  6. Mangalica
  7. Mangalicas
  8. mangalloy
  9. Mangalore
  10. Mangalorean
  11. Mangaloreans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Mangalica (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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