ELAND


Meaning of ELAND in English

/ ˈiːlənd; NAmE / noun

( pl. eland or elands ) a large African antelope with curled horns

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WORD ORIGIN

late 18th cent.: via Afrikaans from Dutch , elk , from obsolete German Elend , from Lithuanian élnis .

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