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German
Etymology
Angora + Wolle
Pronunciation
Noun
Angorawolle f (genitive Angorawolle, plural Angorawollen)
- wool of a certain kind of goats (Capra hircus angorensis); somtimes extented to wool of certain kinds of sheep or rabbits
- Synonyms: Mohair, Mohairwolle
2004, Marion Ohrendorf, Taschenlexikon der Mode-Begriffe, page 43:Angorawolle ist eine besonders weiche Wolle, oft auch Mohair genannt. Sie wird aus den langen feinen Haaren des Angoraschafs, der Angoraziege sowie des Angorakaninchens gesponnen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1909, Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, vol. 19, p. 550, s.v. Tiftik (bolding changed into italics):
Tiftik, Gewebe aus Angorawolle zu Halstüchern und zu Gewändern der türkischen Priester, in Stanos bei Angora hergestellt.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1894, Otto Lueger, Otto Luegers Lexikon der gesamten Technik und ihrer Hilfswissenschaften, volume 1, page 325:Angorawolle, Kämelwolle […] , Kamelot, Mohair, Tiftik, […] ist das Haarkleid der Angoraziege (Capra hircus angorensis L.), […] Die Verwendung der Angorawolle ist eine sehr umfangreiche; […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Angorawolle
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