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gaur

  [gouuhr, gou-er]
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–noun, plural gaurs, (especially collectively) gaur.
a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 ft. (1.8 m) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.
Origin:
1800–10; < Hindi < Skt gaura
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gaur   (gour)   
n.  A large, dark-coated wild ox (Bos gaurus) of hilly areas of southeast Asia. Also called seladang.

[Hindi, from Sanskrit gauraḥ; see gwou- in Indo-European roots.]
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Gaur

a city, a country, and a literary style in ancient India. The city is better-known under its Anglicized form, Gaur. Its first recorded reference is by the grammarian Panini (5th century BC), and its location may be inferred to have been in eastern India.

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