ranga

See also: ränga

English

Etymology

Affectionate corruption of orangutan; in use since mid-20th century (in modern times popularised by the ABC television show Summer Heights High (2007)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹæŋə/

• Audio (AU):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æŋə

Noun

ranga (plural rangas)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) An orange-haired or red-haired person.
2. also used as inappropriate slurs and could be the sibling of the 'N' word.
   • 2009, David Foster, Sons of the Rumour, unnumbered page,

     You′re looking down upon ‘rangas’ crossing at the traffic lights below. What a cheap but satisfying form of Dublin entertainment! With the sun out, the redheads of Dublin glow like copper wire.

   • 2010, Mungo MacCallum, Punch & Judy: The Double Disillusion Election of 2010, Large Print 16pt Edition, page ii,

     Indeed, Julia Eileen Gillard may not even be the country′s first ranga prime minister; since all the old ones appear only in black and white, we can′t tell.

   • 2010, Katrina Nannestad, Red Dirt Diary, HarperCollins Australia, unnumbered page,

     Fez′s resolutions: […]

     3. I will not call Blue ‘Ranga Girl’.

   • 2015, Charlotte Wood, The Natural Way of Things, Allen & Unwin 2018, p. 183:

     Joy and Lydia and Izzy despised the rest of the girls, from their plucked little threesome, disgusted by Yolanda's hairy calves, the faint down over a lip, Verla's ranga armpits.

Usage notes

Sometimes used as a nickname or epithet.

See also

• Bluey

Anagrams

• Nagra, Ragan, argan, grana

---

Bikol Central

Noun

ranga

1. (dated) higher level of joy and contentment
2. endearment
3. comfort, solace, relief; comforting, consoling

Verb

ranga

1. to console or comfort or relieve someone with reassuring words.

Derived terms

• karangahan

---

Irish

Noun

ranga

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of rang

---

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraŋ.ɡa/

Noun

ranga f

1. (military) rank
2. weight, importance

Declension

Declension of ranga

	singular	plural
nominative	ranga	rangi
genitive	rangi	rang
dative	randze	rangom
accusative	rangę	rangi
instrumental	rangą	rangami
locative	randze	rangach
vocative	rango	rangi

Further reading

• ranga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Template:R:PWN

---

Portuguese

Verb

ranga

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

---

Rapa Nui

Noun

ranga

1. war refugee, fugitive

Derived terms

• kohau ranga