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ahu

ahu noun: the goitered gazelle, Gazella subgutturosa.

Noun (1)

ahu (plural ahus)

  1. The goitered gazelle, Gazella subgutturosa.

Noun (2)

ahu (plural ahus or ahu)

  1. On Rapa Nui, a stone platform on which moai (statues) were erected.

Forms of ahu

pluralahus
pluralahu

Origin of ahu

Borrowed from Persian آهو (âhu).

Borrowed from Rapa Nui ahu.

Questions about ahu

What does ahu mean?
Ahu means the goitered gazelle, Gazella subgutturosa.
What part of speech is ahu?
Ahu is a noun.
What is the plural of ahu?
The plural of ahu is ahus.

Words near ahu in the dictionary

  1. Ahtena
  2. Ahti
  3. Ahtna
  4. Ahtopol
  5. AHTS
  6. ahu
  7. Ahuachapán
  8. ahuatle
  9. ahuehuete
  10. ahuehuetes
  11. ahuh

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ahu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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