nangca
English
Alternative forms
- nangka
Etymology
From Cebuano nangka.
Noun
nangca (plural nangcas)
- (Asia) jackfruit
- 1954, Conrado O. Benitez, History of the Philippines: Economic, Social, Cultural, Political, page 39:
- Pigafetta mentions, for example, finding in Cebu such food items as rice, millet, panicum, sorgo, ginger, bananas, oranges, lemons, sugar cane, garlic, honey, coconuts, nangcas, and gourds.
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