Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ganza

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gan-za
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

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

Obsolete; Uncountable

name

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

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: غانزا, -

Usage

Inflected Forms

ganzas (plural) gansa (alternative) gangsa (alternative) ganse (alternative)

Questions

What does ganza mean?
A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world.
Where does ganza come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

How to pronounce ganza

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