Falanga

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proper noun

A surname from Italian.

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bastinado
OriginItalian Falanga →
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Meanings

proper nounFalanga (plural Falangas)

plural Falangas

  1. A surname from Italian.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels

Similar
bastinado
Broader
torturetorturing
Also see
bastinado

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. ItalianFalanga
  2. EnglishFalanga

Borrowed from Italian Falanga.

More words from Italian

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

lafanga
Cite this entry
APA

Falanga. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Falanga

MLA

“Falanga.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Falanga. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Falanga,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Falanga.

Source: Falanga on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.