gorga

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *gurga, from Latin gurges (“whirlpool, eddy”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡor.ɡə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡoɾ.ɣa]

gorga f (plural gorgues)

1. whirlpool, eddy
2. (archaic) throat, gullet

• gorg

• “gorga”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Perhaps from an older *gorgõa, from Latin gorgona (compare Latin gorgonia, "coral", Pliny), from Ancient Greek Γοργώ (Gorgṓ), from γοργός (gorgós, “terrible”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɔɾɣɐ]

gorga m (plural gorgas)

1. dodder (Cuscuta spss.)

   Synonym: barbas de raposo

2. flax dodder (Cuscuta epilinum)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gorga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “gorga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gorga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Late Latin gurga, from Classical Latin gurges.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡor.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -orɡa
• Hyphenation: gór‧ga

gorga f (plural gorghe)

1. (obsolete, anatomy) throat

   Synonyms: gola, (obsolete) gorgia

• gorga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana