Golang

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proper noun

Synonym of Go.

Similar
Go
OriginEnglish lang ← Middle English langage ← Old French language →
Scrabble 8
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. computer languagesSynonym of Go.

    For the Golang community, it didn't help that the language came out of Google, an advertising platform with accessories.

    2023 May 17, Thomas Claburn, “Google Go language goes with opt-in telemetry”, in The Register, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2024
    1 more example

    I don't mind people saying Golang. Once. In a title or a tag or something. So search engines can find it. Once. Once. Fucking once.

    [2021 October 8, u/theclapp, “What's up with people not liking the term "golang"?”, in Reddit, r/golang, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2026

    Synonyms: Go

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounSynonym of Go.

Similar
Go
Also see
go

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰeh₁-
  2. Proto-Germanic*gāną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*gān
  4. Old Englishgān
  5. Middle Englishgon
  6. Englishgo
  7. EnglishGoogleinflu.
  8. EnglishGo
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
  10. Proto-Italic*dn̥ɣwā
  11. Latindingua
  12. Latinlingua
  13. Vulgar Latin*linguāticum
  14. Old Frenchlanguage
  15. Middle Englishlangage
  16. Englishlanguageclip.
  17. Englishlang
  18. EnglishGolang

From Go + -lang, used to avoid ambiguity.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Galong
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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