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Where does “Hoolock” come from?

Hoolock (Translingual) comes from English hoolock, from Assamese হলৌ — hoolock.

Ancestry of “Hoolock”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhoolockA large gibbon, either of three primate species...
2Assameseহলৌhoolock
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