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goura

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
goura
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several crested ground-dwelling pigeons, of the genus Goura, from New Guinea

Etymology

From one or more of the languages of New Guinea. The oldest use in the scientific literature, as a French word, may be a plate caption "La Goura de la nouvelle Guinée" in Pierre Sonnerat's Voyage a la Nouvelle Guinée. The spelling Goüra also appears in the 19th century.

Inflected Forms

gouras (plural)

Questions

What does goura mean?
Any of several crested ground-dwelling pigeons, of the genus Goura, from New Guinea
Where does goura come from?
From one or more of the languages of New Guinea. The oldest use in the scientific literature, as a French word, may be a plate caption "La Goura de la nouvelle Guinée" in Pierre Sonnerat's Voyage a la Nouvelle Guinée. The spelling Goüra also appears in the 19th century.

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