Google opened offices in the Binoculars Building in Venice and later in the sprawling former Spruce Goose hangar in Playa Vista.—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024 In other news • The Senate unanimously passed last week a resolution that calls for federal support for the cleanup efforts following the massive fire that destroyed a Navy hangar in Tustin in November.—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 13 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for hangar
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
borrowed from French, "shed open on one or more sides for storing agricultural products, farm implements, and vehicles," going back to Middle French, perhaps going back to Old Low Franconian *haimgarda- "enclosure around a building," going back to West Germanic *haima- "dwelling" + *garđa- "enclosure" — more at home entry 1, yard entry 1
Note:
The French form occurs earliest as a place name, Hangart (1135), in Somme department. Though the persistent attestation of the word with initial h-, diachronically and in dialects, is a certain indication of Germanic origin, the fact that such a compound is apparently not attested as a generic word or place-name in a Germanic language renders the etymology speculative.
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