Falange

name

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    the Spanish Nazi party under Franco wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Spanish fascist movement active in the 1930s until its dissolution in 1977. historical

    "José Antonio Primo de Rivera, son of former Spanish dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera, founded the Falange in 1933 to encourage national unity and pride and to combat the Left and liberal Republicans."

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"José Antonio Primo de Rivera, son of former Spanish dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera, founded the Falange in 1933 to encourage national unity and pride and to combat the Left and liberal Republicans."

Etymology

From Spanish Falange, from falange (“phalanx, phalange”), from Latin phalanx, from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx). Doublet of phalanx, phalange, plank and planch.

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