ranga

See also: ränga and rangă

English

Etymology

Extracted from (o)rang(utan), with -er suffix; in use since 1990s; to a certain extent popularised by the ABC television show Summer Heights High (2007).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹæŋə/

• Audio (AU):

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• Rhymes: -æŋə

Noun

ranga (plural rangas)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) An orange-haired or red-haired person.
   • 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.

   • 2018, Aussie Disney (YouTube), Aussie Incredibles:

     SID: Yeah, all my friends hate me, I don't know why. MR. INCREDIBLE: Maybe it's because you're a fucking ranga you cockhead. SID: What the fuck did you just say, cunt? MR. INCREDIBLE: I said; ranga. SID: I am not a ranga!

Usage notes

Sometimes used as a nickname or epithet.

See also

• Bluey

Anagrams

• Nagra, Ragan, argan, grana

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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

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Icelandic

Noun

ranga f (genitive singular röngu, no plural)

1. reverse side
2. wrong side

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Irish

Noun

ranga

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of rang

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rang, from French rang, from Old French renc, reng, ranc, rang, from Frankish *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-o-s, from *(s)ker- (“to turn”). Doublet of krąg (“circle, ring”), kręg (“vertebra”), ring (“boxing ring”), and rynek (“marketplace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraŋ.ɡa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aŋɡa
• Syllabification: ran‧ga

Noun

ranga f

1. (military) rank
2. weight, importance

   Synonym: doniosłość

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

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Portuguese

Verb

ranga

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