Falange

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proper noun

A Spanish fascist movement active in the 1930s until its dissolution in 1977.

OriginSpanish Falange ← Latin phalanx ← Ancient Greek φάλαγξ →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalA Spanish fascist movement active in the 1930s until its dissolution in 1977.

    José Antonio Primo de Rivera, son of former Spanish dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera, founded the Falange in 1933 to encourage national unity and pride and to combat the Left and liberal Republicans.

    2014, Bernard A. Cook, Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia, Routledge, →ISBN, page 361

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekφάλαγξ
  2. Latinphalanx
  3. SpanishFalange
  4. EnglishFalange

From Spanish Falange, from falange (“phalanx, phalange”), from Latin phalanx, from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx). Doublet of phalanx, phalange, plank and planch.

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APA

Falange. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Falange

MLA

“Falange.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Falange. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Falange,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Falange.

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