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phalange

[ fal-uhnj, fuh-lanj, fey-lanj ]

noun

, Anatomy, Zoology.
, plural pha·lan·ges [f, uh, -, lan, -jeez].
  1. a phalanx.


phalange

/ ˈfælændʒ /

noun

  1. anatomy another name for phalanx
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of phalange1

First recorded in 1550–60; back formation from phalanges
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Word History and Origins

Origin of phalange1

C16: via French, ultimately from Greek phalanx
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Example Sentences

The Kataeb, also known as the Phalange Party, is one of Lebanon’s oldest parties but has tried to re-brand as an alternative to the established elite.

From Reuters

Bashir Gemayel, a Maronite Christian, created the LF by unifying an array of Christian militias including the armed wing of his family's Kataeb, or Phalange, party.

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Bashir Gemayel, a Maronite Christian, created the LF by unifying an array of Christian militias including the armed wing of his family’s Kataeb, or Phalange, party.

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“I am pretty good at identifying human bones but human phalanges can sometimes be difficult to tell from other animals. It was a phalange that the trespasser picked up.”

In 1982, the massacre of between 1,200 and 1,400 Palestinian men, women and children at the hands of Israeli-allied Christian Phalange militiamen began in west Beirut’s Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.

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