nangca

English

Alternative forms

• nangka

Etymology

From Cebuano nangka.

Noun

nangca (plural nangcas)

1. (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.