"longa" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: longæ [plural], longe [plural], longas [plural]
Etymology: From Latin longa. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|longa}} Latin longa Head templates: {{en-noun|longæ|longe|s}} longa (plural longæ or longe or longas)
  1. (music) A musical note equal to two or three breves, i.e. four or six whole notes. Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: quadruple whole note [US]
    Sense id: en-longa-en-noun-POo4A9Yl Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Preposition

Etymology: From Kriol langa, from English along. Compare Bislama and Tok Pisin long. Etymology templates: {{der|en|rop|langa}} Kriol langa, {{der|en|en|along}} English along, {{cog|bi|-}} Bislama, {{cog|tpi|long}} Tok Pisin long Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} longa, {{en-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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1991, Jimmy Chi, Bran Nue Dae, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 137",
          "text": "This fella song all about the Aboriginal people, coloured people, black people longa Australia."
        },
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          "ref": "2000, Queensland Department of Justice, Aboriginal English in the courts: a handbook",
          "text": "He wait longa river.",
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