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Any of several east Asian plants of genera Alpinia and Kaempferia in the ginger family, used as a spice, but principally Alpinia galanga.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: galingale, Cyperus longus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sedge
southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Alpinia galanga
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ginger
From Middle English galyngale, from Old French galingal, from Arabic خَلَنْجَان (ḵalanjān), from Persian قولنجان (qulenjân, qulanjân), from Sanskrit कुलञ्जन (kulañjana), perhaps from Chinese 高良薑/高良姜 (gāoliángjiāng), from 高涼 /高凉 (Gāoliáng) (a prefecture or county in China) + 薑 /姜 (jiāng, “ginger”).
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
خَوْلَنْجَان
(ḵawlanjān)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Burmese:
ပတဲကော
(pa.tai:kau:)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Catalan:
galanga
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Chinese Mandarin:
高良薑 /高良姜
(gāoliángjiāng)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Czech:
galgán
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Czech:
galgant
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Dutch:
laos
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Finnish:
galanga
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Finnish:
galangajuuri
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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French:
galangue
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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French:
galanga
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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German:
Galgant
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Greek:
χαυλιτζάνι
(chavlitzáni)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Ancient Greek:
γάλαγγα
(gálanga)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Ancient Greek:
ζέρνα
(zérna)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Ancient Greek:
κύπειρον
(kúpeiron)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Gujarati:
કોલિંજન
(koliñjan)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Hindi:
कुलंजन
(kulañjan)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Indonesian:
laos
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Indonesian:
lengkuas
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Italian:
galanga
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Khmer:
មើមខ្ញី
(məəm kɲəy)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Khmer:
រំដេង
(rumdeeng)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Lao:
ຂ່າ
(khā)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Malay:
lengkuas
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Norman:
han
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Persian:
خسرو دارو
(xesru dâru)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Persian:
خسرودارو
(xesrudâru)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Persian:
خولنجان
(xawlenjân, xulenjân)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Persian:
خاولنجان
(xâwlanjân)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Persian:
قولنجان
(qulanjân, qulenjân)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Polish:
gałgan
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Polish:
galgant
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Portuguese:
galanga
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Russian:
галанговый ко́рень
(galangovyj kórenʹ)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Russian:
калга́н
(kalgán)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Russian:
галга́н
(galgán)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Russian:
галгант
(galgant)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Russian:
галанга
(galanga)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Sanskrit:
वनार्द्रका
(vanārdrakā)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Sanskrit:
कुलञ्ज
(kulañja)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Sanskrit:
गन्धमूल
(gandhamūla)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Sanskrit:
तीक्ष्णमूल
(tīkṣṇamūla)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Serbo-Croatian:
galgant
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Serbo-Croatian:
galgan
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Serbo-Croatian:
galanga
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Slovak:
galgan
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Slovak:
galgant
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Slovene:
galgant
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Slovene:
galgan
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Slovene:
galanga
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Spanish:
galangal
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Swedish:
galanga
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Tagalog:
langkawas
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Thai:
ข่า
(kàa)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Turkish:
havlıcan
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Turkish:
kulunç otu
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Ottoman Turkish:
قولغان
(kolgan)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Ottoman Turkish:
خولنجان
(havlincan)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Ukrainian:
калга́н
(kalhán)
— any of several plants of the ginger family
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Vietnamese:
riềng
— any of several plants of the ginger family
