"longa" meaning in English

See longa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: longae [plural], longe [plural], longas [plural]
Etymology: From Latin longa. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|longa}} Latin longa Head templates: {{en-noun|longae|longe|s}} longa (plural longae or longe or longas)
  1. (music) A musical note equal to two (or occasionally three) breves or whole notes. Synonyms: quadruple whole note, sextuple whole note (english: US, three breves, rare) Translations (Translations): tròn ba (Vietnamese), dấu tròn ba (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-longa-en-noun-4Wb8sObU Categories (other): Music, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 84 16 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Preposition

Etymology: From Australian Kriol langa, from English along. Compare Bislama and Tok Pisin long. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|rop|langa}} Australian Kriol langa, {{der|en|en|along}} English along, {{cog|bi|-}} Bislama, {{cog|tpi|long}} Tok Pisin long Head templates: {{en-head|prep}} longa
  1. (Australian Aboriginal) Belonging to; of, in, at, to. Synonyms: la, 'long
    Sense id: en-longa-en-prep-Ql8MyuQc Categories (other): Australian Aboriginal English, English prepositions, English terms borrowed back into English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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