Goral
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A type of Asian ungulate ruminant, now defined as any of the four species of the genus Naemorhedus.
"The goral has a wide distribution, from the Indus Kohistan region in the western Himalaya in Pakistan, across the eastern Himalaya, Myanmar, Thailand, China and in a few scattered areas in South Korea, North Korea, eastern Russia and the adjoining regions of China."
- 2 A member of an ethnographic or ethnic group traditionally found in southern Poland, northern Slovakia, and the region of Cieszyn Silesia in the Czech Republic.
- 3 small goat antelope with small conical horns; of southern Asian mountains wordnet
- 1 A surname from Polish.
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More examples"The goral has a wide distribution, from the Indus Kohistan region in the western Himalaya in Pakistan, across the eastern Himalaya, Myanmar, Thailand, China and in a few scattered areas in South Korea, North Korea, eastern Russia and the adjoining regions of China."
Etymology
Likely an early borrowing from Nepali घोरल (ghoral, “Himalayan goral”) or a related language.
From Polish góral; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *goraľь (“mountain dweller”).
From Polish Goral and Góral, from góral; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *goraľь (“mountain dweller”).
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