gang-gang

See also: ganggang and gānggāng

English

A female gang-gang.

Alternative forms

• gangan
• gang-gang cockatoo

Etymology

From Wiradjuri gaŋ-gaŋ.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaŋɡaŋ/

Noun

gang-gang (plural gang-gangs)

1. A kind of cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum).
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 433:

     He carried the two gang-gang cockatoos in a ferret box.

Translations

Callocephalon fimbriatum

• Dutch: helmkaketoe (nl) m
• Russian: шлемоно́сный какаду́ m (šlemonósnyj kakadú)

References

• Dixon, R. M. W., Bruce Moore, W. S. Ramson, Mandy Thomas (2006) Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin and Meaning, 2nd ed. edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 85