gejo

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Esperanto

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ĉielarka flago de geja fiero

Etymology

From English gay.

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  • Rhymes: -ejo
  • Hyphenation: ge‧jo

Noun

gejo (accusative singular gejon, plural gejoj, accusative plural gejojn)

  1. gay person, homosexual (especially of men)
    Synonym: samseksemulo
    • 2000, Joao Manoel Aguilera Junior, “Esperanto en geja parado”, in La Ondo de Esperanto, numbers 8-9:
      [E]sperantistoj en la 4a Parado de Geja Fiero en San-Paŭlo (Brazilo) portis sloganrubandon: “Esperanto, Lingvo Internacia, unuiganta la G.L.S-komunumon” (gejoj, lesboj kaj simpatiantoj).
      Esperantists in the 4th Gay Pride Parade in São Paulo (Brazil) carried a banner: "Esperanto, International Language, unifying the G.L.S. community" (gays, lesbians, and supporters).

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Shona

Etymology

From a Nguni language. Compare Zulu igeja.

Noun

gejo class 5 (plural magejo class 6)

  1. plough

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