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English
Etymology
From the native name in Ethiopia. Compare Sebat Bet Gurage gureza,[1] Amharic ጉሬዛ (gureza),[1] Oromo gureezaa.
Pronunciation
Noun
guereza (plural guerezas)
- (zoology) A reddish-brown colobus monkey from Abyssinia.
Derived terms
Translations
reddish-brown colobus monkey
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wolf Leslau (1979) Etymological Dictionary of Gurage (Ethiopic): Individual dictionaries, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN: “gureza ( Amh ) :: gureza”