goral
goral noun: a type of Asian ungulate ruminant, now defined as any of the four species of the genus Naemorhedus.
Noun (1)
goral (plural gorals)
- A type of Asian ungulate ruminant, now defined as any of the four species of the genus Naemorhedus.
- The goral has a wide distribution, from the Indus Kohistan region in the western Himalaya in Pakistan, across the eastern Himalaya, Myanmar, Thailand, China and in a few scattered areas in South Korea, North Korea, eastern Russia and the adjoining regions of China.2004, A. J. T. Johnsingh, On Jim Corbett's Trail and Other Tales from Tree-tops, page 62
- The gorals of Shanxi, sometimes separated as a taxon vidianus, fall into the range of N. griseus.2011, Colin Groves, Peter Grubb, Ungulate Taxonomy, page 251
Noun (2) capitalized: Goral
Goral (plural Gorals)
- A member of an ethnographic or ethnic group traditionally found in southern Poland, northern Slovakia, and the region of Cieszyn Silesia in the Czech Republic.
Proper noun capitalized: Goral
Goral (plural Gorals)
- A surname from Polish.
goral meaning in Tamil, Nepali and Thai
goral in Tamil
- இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும்
goral in Nepali
- type of ungulate ruminant
- घोरल ghoral
goral in Thai
- type of ungulate ruminant
- กวางผา gwaang-pǎa
Forms of goral
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | gorals |
| alternative form | ghoral |
| alternative form | ghooral |
| alternative form | ghural |
| alternative form | gooral |
| alternative form | goorul |
| alternative form | gural |
| plural | Gorals |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Gorals |
| alternative form | Gorall |
| alternative form | Gorol |
| alternative form | Goroll |
| alternative form | Gural |
Origin of goral
From an eastern Indian word for the Himalayan goral. Likely an early borrowing from Nepali घोरल (ghoral, “Himalayan goral”) or a related language.
From Polish góral; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *goraľь (“mountain dweller”).
From Polish Goral and Góral, from góral; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *goraľь (“mountain dweller”).
Words formed from goral
- Chinese goral
- gray goral
- Himalayan goral
- long-tailed goral
- red goral
Words that rhyme with goral
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- choral
- circhoral
- circumoral
- corollifloral
- discifloral
- endaural
- endoral
- exosporal
- extrafloral
- extraoral
- fecal-oral
- horal
- hyperoral
- infraoral
- juxtaoral
- labiatifloral
- loral
- mayoral
- microfloral
- naso-oral
- nasoral
- nonoral
- paroral
- perioral
- peroral
- pharyngo-oral
- poral
- post-oral
- postoral
- pre-oral
- restoral
- roral
- soral
- sporal
- suboral
- supraoral
- thalamifloral
- thesaural
- transoral
- trinaural
- vicar-choral
Questions about goral
- What does goral mean?
- Goral means a type of Asian ungulate ruminant, now defined as any of the four species of the genus Naemorhedus.
- What is goral in Tamil?
- Goral in Tamil is இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும். See Goral meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is goral?
- Goral can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of goral?
- The plural of goral is gorals.
Words near goral in the dictionary
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