Manga Definition

mänggə
noun
Such comic books and graphic novels.
Webster's New World
A Japanese genre consisting of comic books and graphic novels, typically black-and-white and featuring stylized characters with large, round eyes.
Webster's New World
(countable) A comic originating in Japan.
Wiktionary
(rare, countable, chiefly proscribed by fandom slang) A comic in manga style, regardless of the country of origin.
Lately I've been reading a Brazilian manga.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Manga

Noun

Singular:
manga
Plural:
mangas

Origin of Manga

  • Japanese man unrestrained, careless (from Early Middle Chinese manh) (also the source of Mandarin màn) ga sketch, picture (borrowed after the Middle Chinese period from a Chinese source, perhaps Mandarin hu´) (from Middle Chinese xfiwaːj`)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Japanese 漫画 (manga まんが), from Middle Chinese 漫 (màn "free", "unrestrained") + 畫 (ɣwɛ̀ "drawing") (compare Mandarin mànhuà 漫画, Korean manhwa 만화). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.

    From Wiktionary

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