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Inga
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Translingual
Etymology 1
Of South American origin
Proper noun
Inga f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – small neotropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing trees and shrubs, many used as ornamentals.
Hypernyms
- (genus in Fabaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Fabales – order; Fabaceae – family; Mimosoideae – subfamily; Ingeae – tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus in Fabaceae): Inga vera – type species; Inga cinerea, Inga salutaris, Inga saman; for other species see
Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
Inga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Inga at USDA Plants database
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
Inga f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Oecophoridae – certain of the concealer moths.
Hypernyms
- (genus in Oecophoridae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Gelechioidea – superfamily; Oecophoridae – family; Oecophorinae – subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus in Oecophoridae): See Inga (Oecophoridae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
- Inga (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Inga (Oecophoridae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Inga (Oecophoridae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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English
Etymology 1
From Meitei language.
Proper noun
Inga
- The third month of Meitei traditional lunar calendar.
Etymology 2
From Danish, Norwegian, Swedish Inga etc., all from Old Norse Inga.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Inga
- A female given name from Old Norse.
Danish
Etymology
Proper noun
Inga
- a female given name from Old Norse
Usage notes
- More common in Denmark in the form Inge.
Estonian
Etymology
Proper noun
Inga
- a female given name
Related terms
Faroese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Inga f
- a female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Inga: Inguson
- daughter of Inga: Ingudóttir
Declension
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Inga f
- a female given name
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Inga
- a female given name, variant of Inge
Icelandic
Etymology
Proper noun
Inga f (proper noun, genitive singular Ingu)
- a female given name
Declension
Italian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Inga m or f by sense
- a surname
Further reading
- Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1827. From Old Norse Inga. Cognate to Danish and Swedish Inga.
Proper noun
Inga f
- a female given name
Related terms
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- Population Register of Latvia: Inga was the only given name of 12 588 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Lithuanian
Proper noun
Inga f
- a female given name
Norwegian
Etymology
Proper noun
Inga
- a female given name
Related terms
Old English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Inga m
- a male given name
External links
Old High German
Proper noun
Inga f
- a female given name
References
- Ernst Förstemann (1856), Altdeutsches Namenbuch, Volume 1, Naudhausen: Verlag Ferd. Förstemann, column 783
Old Norse
Etymology
A short form of female compound names beginning with Ing-, Ingi-, ("the god Ing or Yngvi").
Proper noun
Inga f (genitive Ingu)
- a female given name
Descendants
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Inga f (genitive singular Ingy, nominative plural Ingy, declension pattern of žena)
- a diminutive of the female given name Ingrida
Declension
Declension of Inga
Further reading
- “Ingrida”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse Inga. Also recorded as a modern diminutive of Ingeborg and Ingrid.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Inga c (genitive Ingas)
- a female given name
Related terms
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN 33 159 females with the given name Inga living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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