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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Likely Punic, though possibly ultimately from an African word (used to describe hairy people) that entered Greek via Punic.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡó.ril.lai̯/ → /ˈɣo.ril.lɛ/ → /ˈɣo.ri.le/
Proper noun
Γόριλλαι • (Górillai) f pl (genitive Γοριλλῶν); first declension
- Gorillai (a tribe of hairy women described by Hanno the Navigator)
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ^ The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.
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