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nyala
[ nyah-luh ]
noun
- an antelope, Tragelaphus angasii, of southeastern Africa, the male of which has a grayish body marked with white stripes.
nyala
/ ˈnjɑːlə /
noun
- a spiral-horned southern African antelope, Tragelaphus angasi, with a fringe of white hairs along the length of the back and neck
- mountain nyalaa similar and related Ethiopian animal, T. buxtoni, lacking the white crest
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nyala1
1895–1900; < Venda (Bantu language of the Transvaal and Zimbabwe) ( dzì )- nyálà nyala buck; or < a cognate Bantu word
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nyala1
from Zulu
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