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Meaning of "renga" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF RENGA

ˈrɛŋɡə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RENGA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Renga is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RENGA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Renga

Renga is a genre of Japanese collaborative poetry. A renga consists of at least two ku or stanzas. The opening stanza of the renga, called the hokku, became the basis for the modern haiku form of poetry. Two of the most famous masters of renga were the Buddhist priest Sōgi and Matsuo Bashō.

Definition of renga in the English dictionary

The definition of renga in the dictionary is a form of collaborative poetry originating in Japan.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RENGA

anga · anger · chimichanga · conga · donga · finger · Ganga · hunger · linger · longa · longer · manga · Mpumalanga · sangar · stengah · tanga · Tange · tonga · Tsonga · Zamboanga

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RENGA

renewable energy · renewables · renewably · renewal · renewed · renewedly · renewedness · renewer · renforce · Renfrew · Renfrewshire · Reni · reniform · renin · renitence · renitency · renitent · renk · renminbi · renminbi yuan

WORDS THAT END LIKE RENGA

anhinga · Bucaramanga · changa · charanga · gringa · Kananga · Kanchenjunga · kanga · karanga · Katanga · mganga · pa´anga · panga · Pechenga · ponga · ranga · Rarotonga · sanga · Tauranga · wonga

Synonyms and antonyms of renga in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «renga» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF RENGA

Find out the translation of renga to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of renga from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «renga» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

红砖
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

renga
570 millions of speakers
en

English

renga
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

renga
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

renga
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

рэнга
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

renga
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

Renga
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

renga
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Renga
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

renga
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

連歌
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

렌가
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Renga
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

renga
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

renga
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

रिंगा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

renga
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

renga
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

renga
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

ренга
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

renga
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Renga
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Renga
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Renga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Renga
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of renga

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RENGA»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of renga
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about renga

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RENGA»

Discover the use of renga in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to renga and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Haiku Before Haiku: From the Renga Masters to Basho
This anthology reproduces 300 Japanese hokku poems composed between the thirteenth and early eighteenth centuries, from the work of the courtier Nijo Yoshimoto to the genre's first "professional" master, Sogi, and his subsequent disciples.
‎2013
2
Mafia Movies: A Reader
The essays in this volume provide a comprehensive exploration of the myth of the mafia onscreen, identifying key features and connections to styles such as film noir, thrillers, and even westerns.
Dana Renga, 2011
3
Unfinished Business: Screening the Italian Mafia in the New ...
Dana Renga examines these works through the lens of gender and trauma theory to show how the films engage with the process of mourning and healing mafia-related trauma in Italy.
Dana Renga, 2013
4
One hundred frogs: from renga to haiku to English
An instructive celebration of the renga and haiku, this volume furnishes a new perspective on the work of some of Japan's outstanding poets of old and lays a foundation for the appreciation of the renga and haiku that are being written ...
Hiroaki Sato, 1983
5
Birds on a Wire: A Renga 'round Town
Told in an ancient poetic form known as the renga, which means "linked verse," this picture book paints a vivid portrait of a day in the life of an American village.
J. Patrick Lewis, Paul B. Janeczko, 2008
6
Renga +
RENGA + completes the series, which has now sampled 16 poets working in the parallel tradition of innovative writing in which the press specializes. Several have gone on to publish collections of their own.
Guy Barker, Elizabeth James, Christine Kennedy, 2002
7
Crossing State Lines: An American Renga
This is a collaborative journey of impressions—from the election and inauguration of President Obama, through foreclosures, job losses, chords of country music, and bombs in Baghdad, to a poet-soldier’s rifle-sight in Afghanistan.
Bob Holman, Carol Muske-Dukes, 2011
8
Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to ...
(RENGA). Linked verse (renga) emerged as a major poetic genre in the Northern and Southern Courts (1336-1392) and Muromachi (1392-1573) periods. Its most celebrated characteristic is one that is prominent in many other arts of that time ...
Haruo Shirane, 2013
9
Culture-specific Language Styles: The Development of Oral ...
In contrast to tanka, which stresses the beauty of life and nature and thus possesses a pure and noble character, renga, which literally means 'linked verse/ was originally vulgar and funny literature (Yamamoto, 1969). In renga, two or more ...
Masahiko Minami, 2002
10
The Politics of Reclusion: Paintineg and Power in Momoyama Japan
The process of creating renga suggested the temporary physical embodiment of such a life. It is in this capacity as a recreation of, and substitute for, actual aesthetic reclusion that renga sets the stage for the development of ii'afcr-style tea.97 ...
Kendall H. Brown, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RENGA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term renga is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Norstat opens new Italian office with Renga as country manager
For historical reasons, Norstat Italy has been a business unit of Norstat Germany but the company said Renga's appointment marks the beginning of a separate ... «Research Magazine, Jul 15»
2
La Renga recibió el premio "Rodolfo Walsh"
"La Renga es una banda que nunca tranzó con las lógicas de las discográficas y del mercado, hace música, no hace mercaderías", explicó la decana Florencia ... «TN.com.ar, Jun 15»
3
Se entregó el hombre que tiró una bengala en un recital de La Renga
Finalmente, Avellaneda aseguró que la bengala que ocasionó la muerte de Ramírez en el recital de La Renga no fue la arrojada por Fontán, por lo que ... «Télam, May 15»
4
Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Renga performs live in Verona
Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Renga performed live on stage under the pouring rain at Arena di Verona, Italy. His friends Fiorella Mannoia, Alessandra ... «Demotix.com, May 15»
5
Too-Clever S.F. Symphony Performance Spoils Cage's Renga
Renga is a mixture of Cage's favorite creative ingredients. The title refers to a Japanese poetic form, whose syllabic arrangement 5-7-5-7-7 determines the ... «San Francisco Classical Voice, May 15»
6
San Francisco Symphony interprets John Cage, with great results
Written in 1976 to celebrate the U.S. bicentennial, "Renga" was part of what may have been the first all-Cage concert given by a major American orchestra. «Los Angeles Times, May 15»
7
Il talent fa il pieno di talento con Bertè, Renga e Saviano
E se la Ferilli ha parlato con nonchalance perché «ormai qui mi sento una veterana», Francesco Renga ha messo le mani avanti: «Pure io ho ricevuto tante ... «il Giornale, Apr 15»
8
Renato Zero, Sabrina Ferilli e Francesco Renga giudici di 'Amici'
Renato Zero, Francesco Renga e la conferma di Sabrina Ferilli. Sarà questo l'eccezionale terzetto di giudici fissi del serale di 'Amici' di Maria De Filippi, in onda ... «Adnkronos, Mar 15»
9
Amici 2015 | Emma ed Elisa a confronto| Renga giudice | Curiosità …
E, ancora, da evidenziare gli "strani" legami che uniscono concorrenti, direttrici artistiche, giudici (in questo caso, al primo ufficializzato oggi, Francesco Renga): ... «TVblog.it, Mar 15»
10
Renga Ensemble packs a lot of thought and jazz history into its …
Fifty-three seconds into 'The Second Renga (Ken)' somebody laid me on my ass. One of the six reeds players in James Falzone's Renga Ensemble pushes his ... «Baltimore City Paper, Mar 15»
REFERENCE
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