nangca

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noun

jackfruit

OriginCebuano nangka →
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Meanings

nounnangca (plural nangcas)

plural nangcas · alternative nangka

  1. Asiajackfruit

    Pigafetta mentions, for example, finding in Cebu such food items as rice, millet, panicum, sorgo, ginger, bananas, oranges, lemons, sugar cane, garlic, honey, coconuts, nangcas, and gourds.

    1954, Conrado O. Benitez, History of the Philippines: Economic, Social, Cultural, Political, page 39

Origin

  1. Cebuanonangka
  2. Englishnangca

From Cebuano nangka.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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