фаланга — meaning in English

English meaning

• phalanx noun A tight military formation of soldiers standing shoulder to shoulder with shields and spears, used in ancient Greece.

Senses

фаланга is used for these senses in English:

• phalanx (historical, plural phalanxes) An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.
• phalanx (skeleton, plural phalanges) One of the bones of the finger or toe.

phalanx — full definition

1. noun A tight military formation of soldiers standing shoulder to shoulder with shields and spears, used in ancient Greece.
2. noun A large, tightly packed group of people or things acting together.
3. noun One of the small bones that make up a finger or toe.