name
Meaning 1
A barangay of Aringay, La Union, Philippines.
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Standard Lemma guide
manga
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmæŋɡə/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːŋɡə/
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General-American: /ˈmɑŋɡə/
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General-American: /ˈmæŋɡə/
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rhymes with -ɑŋɡə
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name
Meaning 2
A barangay of Pagadian, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
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noun
Meaning 3
A comic originating in Japan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: comics, literature, media, publishing
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noun
Meaning 4
An artistic style heavily used in, and associated with, Japanese comics, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of comics from other countries.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
Any comic in such a style, regardless of the country of origin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, proscribed, sometimes
Examples
- Lately I've been reading a Brazilian manga.
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noun
Meaning 6
A covering for a crucifix.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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noun
Meaning 7
Obsolete form of mango (“the fruit”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 8
A mangalitsa pig.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Japanese 漫 Japanese 画 Japanese 漫画 (manga)bor. English manga Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Compare Mandarin 漫畫/漫画 (mànhuà), Korean 만화 (漫畵/漫畫, manhwa). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai. Doublet of manhua and manhwa.
From Spanish manga (“sleeve”). Doublet of manche.
Short for mangalitsa.
Across languages
Translations
117 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: mange — comic originating in Japan
- Albanian: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Arabic: مَانْغَا (māngā) — comic originating in Japan
- Arabic: مَنْجَا (māngā) — comic originating in Japan
- Arabic: مَانْقَا (māngā) — comic originating in Japan
- Armenian: մանգա — comic originating in Japan
- Azerbaijani: manqa — comic originating in Japan
- Belarusian: ма́нга (mánha) — comic originating in Japan
- Bengali: মাঙ্গা (māṅgā) — comic originating in Japan
- Bulgarian: ма́нга (mánga) — comic originating in Japan
- Chinese Mandarin: 漫畫 /漫画 (mànhuà) — comic originating in Japan
- Chinese Mandarin: 日本漫畫 /日本漫画 (Rìběn mànhuà) — comic originating in Japan
- Czech: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Danish: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Dutch: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Esperanto: mangao — comic originating in Japan
- Finnish: manga — comic originating in Japan
- French: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Georgian: მანგა — comic originating in Japan
- German: Manga — comic originating in Japan
- Greek: μάνγκα (mángka) — comic originating in Japan
- Hebrew: מַנְגָה \ המנגה (mánga) — comic originating in Japan
- Hindi: मांगा (māṅgā) — comic originating in Japan
- Hindi: माँगा (māṅgā) — comic originating in Japan
- Hindi: मैंगा (maiṅgā) — comic originating in Japan
- Hungarian: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Icelandic: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Indonesian: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Irish: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Italian: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Japanese: 漫画 — comic originating in Japan
- Japanese: マンガ — comic originating in Japan
- Kazakh: манга (maña) — comic originating in Japan
- Khmer: ម៉ានហ្គា (maangaa) — comic originating in Japan
- Korean: 만화 (manhwa) — comic originating in Japan
- Northern Kurdish: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Kyrgyz: манга — comic originating in Japan
- Latvian: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Lithuanian: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Macedonian: манга — comic originating in Japan
- Malay: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Marathi: मांगा (māṅgā) — comic originating in Japan
- Mongolian: манга — comic originating in Japan
- Iranian Persian: مانْگا (mângâ) — comic originating in Japan
- Polish: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Portuguese: mangá — comic originating in Japan
- Portuguese: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Romanian: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Russian: ма́нга (mánga) — comic originating in Japan
- Serbo-Croatian: манга — comic originating in Japan
- Serbo-Croatian: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Slovak: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Slovene: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Spanish: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Swedish: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Tagalog: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Tajik: манга — comic originating in Japan
- Thai: หนังสือการ์ตูนญี่ปุ่น (nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ-gaa-dtuun-yîi-bpùn) — comic originating in Japan
- Thai: มังงะ (mang-ngá) — comic originating in Japan
- Turkish: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Turkmen: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Ukrainian: ма́нґа (mánga) — comic originating in Japan
- Ukrainian: ма́нга (mánha) — comic originating in Japan
- Urdu: مَن٘گا (maṅgā) — comic originating in Japan
- Urdu: مان٘گا (māṅgā) — comic originating in Japan
- Uyghur: مانگا (man'ga) — comic originating in Japan
- Uzbek: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Vietnamese: manga — comic originating in Japan
- Vietnamese: mạn họa — comic originating in Japan
- Vietnamese: truyện tranh Nhật Bản — comic originating in Japan
- Vietnamese: truyện tranh Nhật — comic originating in Japan
- Arabic: مَانْغَا (māngā) — any comic in such a style
- Arabic: مَنْجَا (māngā) — any comic in such a style
- Arabic: مَانْقَا (māngā) — any comic in such a style
- Belarusian: ма́нга (mánha) — any comic in such a style
- Bengali: মাঙ্গা (māṅgā) — any comic in such a style
- Bulgarian: ма́нга (mánga) — any comic in such a style
- Catalan: manga — any comic in such a style
- Chinese Mandarin: 漫畫 /漫画 (mànhuà) — any comic in such a style
- Chinese Mandarin: 日本漫畫 /日本漫画 (Rìběn mànhuà) — any comic in such a style
- Czech: manga — any comic in such a style
- Danish: manga — any comic in such a style
- Dutch: manga — any comic in such a style
- Finnish: manga — any comic in such a style
- French: manga — any comic in such a style
- German: Manga — any comic in such a style
- Hindi: मांगा (māṅgā) — any comic in such a style
- Hindi: माँगा (māṅgā) — any comic in such a style
- Hindi: मैंगा (maiṅgā) — any comic in such a style
- Indonesian: manga — any comic in such a style
- Italian: manga — any comic in such a style
- Japanese: 漫画 — any comic in such a style
- Japanese: マンガ — any comic in such a style
- Japanese: コミック (komikku) — any comic in such a style
- Japanese: コミックス (komikkusu) — any comic in such a style
- Korean: 일본 만화 (ilbon manhwa) — any comic in such a style
- Korean: 망가 (mangga) — any comic in such a style
- Latvian: manga — any comic in such a style
- Lithuanian: manga — any comic in such a style
- Macedonian: манга — any comic in such a style
- Marathi: मांगा (māṅgā) — any comic in such a style
- Iranian Persian: مانْگا (mângâ) — any comic in such a style
- Polish: manga — any comic in such a style
- Portuguese: mangá — any comic in such a style
- Portuguese: manga — any comic in such a style
- Russian: ма́нга (mánga) — any comic in such a style
- Russian: япо́нские ко́миксы (japónskije kómiksy) — any comic in such a style
- Spanish: manga — any comic in such a style
- Swedish: manga — any comic in such a style
- Thai: มังงะ (mang-ngá) — any comic in such a style
- Ukrainian: ма́нґа (mánga) — any comic in such a style
- Ukrainian: ма́нга (mánha) — any comic in such a style
- Urdu: مَن٘گا (maṅgā) — any comic in such a style
- Vietnamese: manga — any comic in such a style
- Vietnamese: mạn họa — any comic in such a style
- Vietnamese: truyện tranh Nhật Bản — any comic in such a style
- Vietnamese: truyện tranh Nhật — any comic in such a style
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