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gourou

gourou noun: kola. Also the obsolete spelling of guru.

Noun

gourou

  1. kola
    • Provisions were spilled out of their baskets; and in walking one stepped on morsels of rock salt, packages of gum, rotten dates, and gourou-nuts.1886, M. French Sheldon, transl., Salammbô of Gustave Flaubert, London: Saxon and Co., page 304
    • The Negroes of Senegal and the Soudan chew the gourou with delight, although it has a sharp and astringent taste.1898, Dr. Jacobus X, Untrodden Fields of Anthropology: Observations on the Esoteric Manners and Customs of Semi-Civilized Peoples, volume II, Paris: Libraire de Médecine, Folklore et Anthropologie...

Also used as

gourou is also the obsolete spelling of guru.

Forms of gourou

pluralgourous

Origin of gourou

From a West African language, such as Hausa gōr̃ò or Bambara goro.

Questions about gourou

What does gourou mean?
Gourou means kola.
What part of speech is gourou?
Gourou is a noun.
What is the plural of gourou?
The plural of gourou is gourous.

Words near gourou in the dictionary

  1. gournets
  2. Gouro
  3. Gourock
  4. Gourock ham
  5. Gourock hams
  6. gourou
  7. gours
  8. Gous
  9. gousan
  10. gousans
  11. Gouses

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