"gang-gang" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɡaŋɡaŋ/ [UK] Forms: gang-gangs [plural], gangan [alternative], gang-gang cockatoo [alternative]
Etymology: From Wiradjuri gaŋ-gaŋ. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|wrh|gaŋ-gaŋ}} Wiradjuri gaŋ-gaŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} gang-gang (plural gang-gangs)
  1. A kind of cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum). Wikipedia link: Gang-gang Cockatoo Translations (Callocephalon fimbriatum): helmkaketoe [masculine] (Dutch), шлемоно́сный какаду́ (šlemonósnyj kakadú) [masculine] (Russian)

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