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Gurkhas

Gurkhas is the plural of Gurkha.

Meaning of Gurkha

Noun

Gurkha (plural Gurkhas or Gurkha)

  1. A member of the dominant ethnic group in Nepal, with a Himalayan diaspora.
  2. A member of this people recruited to serve in their own elite units in the British and Indian armies.

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Questions about Gurkhas

What is Gurkhas the plural of?
Gurkhas is the plural of Gurkha.

Words near Gurkhas in the dictionary

  1. Gurkha knife
  2. Gurkha knives
  3. Gurkhali
  4. gurkhan
  5. gurkhans
  6. Gurkhas
  7. gurking
  8. gurks
  9. gurksed
  10. gurksing
  11. gurl

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Gurkhas (page history and authors); Gurkha (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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