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Where does “gazelle” come from?

gazelle (French) comes from Spanish gacela, from Spanish gacel, from Arabic غَزَال.

gazelle (French): gazelle

Definitions

  1. gazelle

Ancestry of “gazelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishgacelagazelle
2Spanishgacelmale gazelle
3Arabicغَزَال—

Words derived from “gazelle”

  • gazelle
  • gazellelike
  • газель
  • ガゼル
  • gazelle
  • 가젤
  • gasail
  • gazelă
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