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gobi

US/ˈɡoʊ.bi/

gobi noun: cauliflower.

Noun

gobi (uncountable)

  1. (India) cauliflower

Proper noun capitalized: Gobi

the Gobi

  1. A large desert in Asia, spanning the countries of Mongolia and China.
    • In winter the thermometer on the Mongolian plateau sometimes drops to –40° Fahrenheit, yet the camels wander about with no sense of suffering. On the other hand, the Russian explorer, Prejevalski, found the temperature of the ground in the Gobi Desert in summer to be more than 140° Fahrenheit, and...1901 December 21, “Science and Industry”, in The Friend: A Religious and Literary Journal, volume LXXV, number 23, →OCLC, page 181, column 1
    • These missionaries were good people of whose devotion America can be proud. Some months later under Boxer mob-violence they were driven out on to the Gobi Desert. But the Tao Tai gave them protection which saw them safely across the desert to the Russian frontier, though with much hardship.1951, Herbert Hoover, The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover, Years of Adventure 1874-1920, New York: Macmillan Company, →OCLC, →OL, page 44
    Synonyms:
    Shamo, Desert of Shamo

Synonyms of gobi

Forms of gobi

Noun
alternative formgobhi
Proper noun
alternative form (obsolete)Cobi
alternative form (obsolete)Cobe
alternative form (obsolete)Kobi
alternative form (obsolete)Gobee
alternative form (obsolete)Goby

Origin of gobi

Borrowed from Hindi गोभी (gobhī), from Portuguese couve (“cabbage”), from Latin caulis. Doublet of caulis, cole, and kale.

From Mongolian Говь (Govʹ) or ᠭᠣᠪᠢ (Ɣobi).

Words formed from gobi

Phrases with gobi

Questions about gobi

What does gobi mean?
Gobi means cauliflower.
What part of speech is gobi?
Gobi can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce gobi?
Gobi is pronounced /ˈɡoʊ.bi/ (US).

Words near gobi in the dictionary

  1. gobetween
  2. gobetweens
  3. gobful
  4. gobfuls
  5. gobhi
  6. gobi
  7. Gobi argali
  8. Gobi argalis
  9. Gobian
  10. gobiconodontid
  11. gobiconodontids

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