eland

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Various etymologies: * English habitational surname, from the town of Elland, in West Yorkshire, or from the village of Ealand, in North Lincolnshire, all of which derive from Old English ealand (“cultivated land by a river”). * Borrowed from Dutch Eland, a personal name composed of adel (“noble”) + land (“land”).

From eland (“kind of antelope”).

Borrowed from Afrikaans eland, from Dutch eland (“elk”), from Middle Dutch elant, from obsolete early modern German elend, from Middle High German elen, see German Elen for more. Doublet of elk.

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: eland — genus of antelope
• Arabic: عَلَنْد (ʕaland) — genus of antelope
• Chichewa: ntchefu — genus of antelope
• Finnish: hirviantiloopit — genus of antelope
• French: éland — genus of antelope
• German: Elenantilope — genus of antelope
• Irish: éalann — genus of antelope
• Italian: antilope alcina — genus of antelope
• Japanese: エランド (erando) — genus of antelope
• Kikuyu: thiruai — genus of antelope
• Kikuyu: namũ — genus of antelope
• Kikuyu: thirua — genus of antelope
• Korean: 일런드 (illeondeu) — genus of antelope
• Luo: abuor — genus of antelope
• Maasai: osirua — genus of antelope
• Nandi: singoi — genus of antelope
• Navajo: tééh jádítsoh — genus of antelope
• Spanish: eland — genus of antelope
• Swahili: pofu — genus of antelope
• Swahili: mbungu — genus of antelope
• Tswana: phofu — genus of antelope
• Xhosa: impofu — genus of antelope
• Zulu: impofu — genus of antelope
• ǃXóõ: ǃùm — genus of antelope