ganza

See also: Ganza and ganzá

English

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ganza (plural ganzas)

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

Alternative forms

gansa

Noun

ganza (uncountable)

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

Alternative forms

gangsa, gansa, ganse

References

Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “ganza”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

Anagrams

Gazan

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

geng, génh

Etymology

From Old High German ganz (“whole, sound, healthy, complete”), from Proto-West Germanic *gant (“whole, healthy; all, complete”).

Adverb

ganza

(Carcoforo) always

References

Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Italian

Adjective

ganza

feminine singular of ganzo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English ganja.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.zɐ/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃zɐ
Hyphenation: gan‧za

Noun

ganza f (plural ganzas)

(colloquial) ganja; joint
(colloquial, by extension) trip; high
Synonyms: moca, pedrada

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