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An ancient Bengali city presently divided between Bangladesh and India, named Lakhnauti in the 12th century C.E. and Jannatabad in the 16th century.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An Asian species of wild bovine (Bos gaurus), of large size and an untamable disposition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Bibos gaurus
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Broader terms: Asian wild ox
History
Borrowed from Bengali গৌড় (gōuṛ).
Borrowed from Hindi गौर (gaur), from Sanskrit गौर (gaura). Attested in English since the early 19th century. Doublet of gayal.
Across languages
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