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nangca

nangca noun: jackfruit.

Noun

nangca (plural nangcas)

  1. (Asia) jackfruit
    • Pigafetta mentions, for example, finding in Cebu such food items as rice, millet, panicum, sorgo, ginger, bananas, oranges, lemons, sugar cane, garlic, honey, coconuts, nangcas, and gourds.1954, Conrado O. Benitez, History of the Philippines: Economic, Social, Cultural, Political, page 39

Forms of nangca

pluralnangcas
alternative formnangka

Origin of nangca

From Cebuano nangka.

Questions about nangca

What does nangca mean?
Nangca means jackfruit.
What part of speech is nangca?
Nangca is a noun.
What is the plural of nangca?
The plural of nangca is nangcas.

Words near nangca in the dictionary

  1. Nangan
  2. Nangana
  3. Nangang
  4. Nangarhar
  5. nangas
  6. nangca
  7. Nangcamotian
  8. nangcas
  9. Nangeela
  10. Nangeroni
  11. Nangeronis

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