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nga

/nɑ/

nga is the abbreviation of nigga.

Meaning of nigga

Noun (1)

nigga (plural niggas or niggaz)

  1. (offensive, often, slang, vulgar, but also often used affectionately in African-American Vernacular) A close and loyal friend.
    • I'd never betray you, 'cause you my nigga, man.
  2. (offensive, often, slang, vulgar, but tolerated in African-American Vernacular) A black person (usually a male friend), especially an African American.
    • As soon as I walked into the class and saw that sea of white faces, I felt alone, so I sat next to the only other nigga there.
    Synonyms:
    nigger, nizzle, homie
  3. (offensive, often, slang, vulgar, chiefly African-American Vernacular) Any person, though chiefly male.
    • White niggas do be like, this is too spicy.
  4. (offensive, often, slang, vulgar, but tolerated in African-American Vernacular) A male, especially an adult one, as opposed to a female.
    • Niggas on my dick more than my bitches.2003, “If I Can't”, in Curtis Jackson (lyrics), Dr. Dre and Mike Elizondo (music), Get Rich or Die Tryin', performed by 50 Cent, New York City: Shady Records

Noun (2)

nigga (plural niggas)

  1. (vulgar) A type of acrographic lexical list included in Old Babylonian scribal curriculum.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: NGA

NGA

  1. (US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of National Governors Association.
  2. (US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
  3. (UK, abbreviation, historical, initialism) Initialism of National Graphical Association.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Nga

Nga

  1. A surname from Eastern Min.

Forms of nga

pluralngas

Origin of nga

From Eastern Min 倪 (ngà̤).

Phrases with nga

Questions about nga

What does nga mean?
Nga means a surname from Eastern Min.
What is nga the abbreviation of?
Nga is the abbreviation of nigga.
What part of speech is nga?
Nga is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce nga?
Nga is pronounced /nɑ/.

Words near nga in the dictionary

  1. NFV
  2. NFZ
  3. NFZs
  4. ng
  5. NG+
  6. nga
  7. nga-pee
  8. Ngaanyatjara
  9. Ngaanyatjarra
  10. Ngaatjatjarra
  11. Ngadadjara

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: nga (page history and authors); NGA (page history and authors); Nga (page history and authors); nigga (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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