English Explanatory Dictionary

goral

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of Asian ungulate ruminant, now defined as any of the four species of the genus Naemorhedus.
noun
  1. A member of an ethnographic or ethnic group traditionally found in southern Poland, northern Slovakia, and the region of Cieszyn Silesia in the Czech Republic.
name
  1. A surname from Polish.

Word forms

goral gorals ghoral ghooral ghural gooral goorul gural Gorall Gorol Goroll

Etymology

From an eastern Indian word for the Himalayan goral. Likely an early borrowing from Nepali घोरल (ghoral, “Himalayan goral”) or a related language.

Derived words

Chinese goral gray goral Himalayan goral long-tailed goral red goral
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