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Let's GoEtymology
From Dutch gang (“passageway, alley”), from Middle Dutch ganc, from Old Dutch gank, gang, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰongʰ-o-s, from *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step; stride”). Doublet of geng.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaŋ/
- Hyphenation: gang
Noun
gang (first-person possessive gangku, second-person possessive gangmu, third-person possessive gangnya)
- alleyway, alley, narrow street. A narrow pathway bound by walls on both sides
- gang buntu ― dead-end alley