Plural of hangar; large buildings used to store aircraft, equipment, or other large items.
From French 'hangar' (shed), possibly from Germanic roots meaning 'to hang' or 'enclosure.' The word originally referred to a covered structure where things could be suspended or stored, and evolved to specifically mean aircraft storage buildings.
The word 'hangar' became standardized for aircraft storage in the early 1900s when aviation was booming, but interestingly, it comes from a much older concept of covered sheds—showing how language recycles old words for new technologies.
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