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Rangy vs Ranga - What's the difference?

rangy | ranga |

As an adjective rangy

is slender and long of limb; lanky.

As a noun ranga is

an orange-haired or red-haired person.

rangy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Slender and long of limb; lanky
  • :For an accountant, Robert had a rangy appearance.
  • :Her African violets weren't getting enough sun and became rangy .
  • Prone to roaming around with animal-like movements.
  • Having or permitting range or scope; roomy; commodious.
  • See also

    * (l) * (l)

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    ranga

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia, slang, pejorative) An orange-haired or red-haired person.
  • * 2009 , , Sons of the Rumour , unnumbered page,
  • You?re looking down upon ‘rangas ’ crossing at the traffic lights below. What a cheap but satisfying form of Dublin entertainment! With the sun out, the redheads of Dublin glow like copper wire.
  • * 2010 , , Punch & Judy: The Double Disillusion Election of 2010 , Large Print 16pt Edition, page ii,
  • Indeed, Julia Eileen Gillard may not even be the country?s first ranga prime minister; since all the old ones appear only in black and white, we can?t tell.
  • * 2010 , Katrina Nannestad, Red Dirt Diary , HarperCollins Australia, unnumbered page,
  • Fez?s resolutions:
    3. I will not call Blue ‘Ranga Girl’.

    Usage notes

    Sometimes used as a nickname or epithet.

    See also

    * Bluey

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