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Hebrew
Etymology
Via German Schimpanse from an unspecified Bantu language of Angola, comparable to Vili ci-mpenzi.
Pronunciation
Noun
שִׁימְפַּנְזֶה • (shimpanze) m
- chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes, a species of great ape in the genus Pan, native to Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans along with the bonobo)
References
- “שימפנזה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
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