Gnu

//ˈd͡ʒiːˌɛnˈjuː//

Synonyms for "gnu" (48 found)

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Closest matches (10)

wildebeest animal antelope armadillo bat buck camel camelopard cape elk

Noun(1 words)

wildebeest

Strong matches (14)

caribou deer deerlet doe dromedary eland elephant elk fallow deer fawn gazelle giraffe hare hart

Related words (24)

hartebeest hind horse kaama kangaroo mammal moose mule deer musk deer okapi opossum pig platypus rat red deer reindeer roe roe deer roebuck springbok

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stag virginia deer

Noun(2 words)

horned horse new atheist

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

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antelope

Synonyms

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wildebeest

derived

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GNU FDL GNU GPL GNU/Linux gnu goat

is a

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animal antelope fast running grass eater from africa mammal software

related to

11 entries

africa animal antelope documentation gnu fdl gnu linux gpl horn operating system source code unix

Translations

82 translations across 71 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

wildebees noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Arabic

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نَوّ noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Assamese

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নু পহু noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Asturian

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ñu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Avar

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гну noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Azerbaijani

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qnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Bashkir

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гну noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Basque

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ñu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Breton

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gnou noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Bulgarian

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гну noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Burmese

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ဆတ်ကျွဲ noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Catalan

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nyu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

牛羚 noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)
角馬 /角马 noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Cornish

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bualgarow noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Czech

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pakůň noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Danish

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gnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Dutch

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gnoe noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Eastern Mari

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гну noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Esperanto

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gnuo noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Faroese

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gnýur noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Finnish

2 entries

gnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)
gnuu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

French

1 entries

gnou noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Galician

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ñu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Georgian

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გნუ noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

German

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Gnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Greek

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γκνου noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Hebrew

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גנו noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Hindi

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विल्डबीस्ट noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Hungarian

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gnú noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Icelandic

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gnýr noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Indonesian

2 entries

gnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)
wildebes noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Irish

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gnú noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Italian

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gnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)
kokoon noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Japanese

2 entries

ヌー noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)
牛氈鹿 noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Javanese

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gnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Kabyle

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agnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Korean

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누 noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Kyrgyz

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гну noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Latvian

1 entries

gnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Lezgi

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гну noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Lithuanian

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antilopės gnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)
gnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Macedonian

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гну noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Malagasy

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gno noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Malay

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gnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Malayalam

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വിൽഡെബീസ്റ്റ് noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Navajo

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jádí dághaaʼígíí noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

North Frisian

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gnuus noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Northern Sotho

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kgokong noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Norwegian Bokmål

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gnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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gnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Nǀuu

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ǀee noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Occitan

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gno noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Polish

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antylopa gnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)
gnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Portuguese

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gnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Punjabi

2 entries

ਗ੍ਨੂ noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)
ਵਿਲਡਬੀਸਟ noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Quechua

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ñu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Romanian

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gnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Romansch

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gnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Russian

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антило́па-гну noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)
гну noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Shona

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ngongoni noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Slovene

1 entries

gnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Spanish

1 entries

ñu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Swahili

2 entries

mbogo noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)
nyumbu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Swedish

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gnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Tagalog

2 entries

gnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)
nyu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Tatar

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гну noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Turkish

1 entries

gnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Udmurt

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гну noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Upper Sorbian

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gnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Uzbek

1 entries

gnu noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Vietnamese

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linh dương đầu bò noun (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The crocodile trapped the gnu as it tried to cross the river.

Source: tatoeba (851127)

Many people mistakenly say "Linux" when they're really referring to the GNU system with Linux as its kernel.

Source: tatoeba (5930499)

Use GNU/Linux.

Source: tatoeba (5988015)

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux is, in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux.

Source: tatoeba (10949649)

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