Gourou

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    kola

    "Provisions were spilled out of their baskets; and in walking one stepped on morsels of rock salt, packages of gum, rotten dates, and gourou-nuts."

  2. 2
    Obsolete spelling of guru. alt-of, obsolete

Synonyms

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authorityscholarabecedarianangelbairagibashara

Example

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"Provisions were spilled out of their baskets; and in walking one stepped on morsels of rock salt, packages of gum, rotten dates, and gourou-nuts."

Etymology

From a West African language, such as Hausa gōr̃ò or Bambara goro.

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