As a matter of fact, however, I had never seen an eland in a wild state before.
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Eland
Synonyms for "eland" (32 found)
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Translations
24 translations across 21 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- eland noun (genus of antelope)
Arabic
1 entries- عَلَنْد noun (genus of antelope)
Chichewa
1 entries- ntchefu noun (genus of antelope)
Finnish
1 entries- hirviantiloopit noun (genus of antelope)
French
1 entries- éland noun (genus of antelope)
German
1 entries- Elenantilope noun (genus of antelope)
Irish
1 entries- éalann noun (genus of antelope)
Italian
1 entries- antilope alcina noun (genus of antelope)
Japanese
1 entries- エランド noun (genus of antelope)
Kikuyu
3 entries- namũ noun (genus of antelope)
- thirua noun (genus of antelope)
- thiruai noun (genus of antelope)
Korean
1 entries- 일런드 noun (genus of antelope)
Luo
1 entries- abuor noun (genus of antelope)
Maasai
1 entries- osirua noun (genus of antelope)
Nandi
1 entries- singoi noun (genus of antelope)
Navajo
1 entries- tééh jádítsoh noun (genus of antelope)
Spanish
1 entries- eland noun (genus of antelope)
Swahili
2 entries- mbungu noun (genus of antelope)
- pofu noun (genus of antelope)
Tswana
1 entries- phofu noun (genus of antelope)
Xhosa
1 entries- impofu noun (genus of antelope)
Zulu
1 entries- impofu noun (genus of antelope)
ǃXóõ
1 entries- ǃùm noun (genus of antelope)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
You almost forget you're in Africa. But suddenly you remember when a big eland goes trudging off from beside the road.
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