name
Meaning 1
A surname from Polish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
goral
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noun
Meaning 2
A type of Asian ungulate ruminant, now defined as any of the four species of the genus Naemorhedus.
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noun
Meaning 3
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.
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noun
Meaning 4
small goat antelope with small conical horns; of southern Asian mountains
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Naemorhedus goral
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: goat antelope
History
Etymology
From Polish Goral and Góral, from góral; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *goraľь (“mountain dweller”).
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”).
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: горал (goral) — type of ungulate ruminant
- Catalan: gòral — type of ungulate ruminant
- French: goral — type of ungulate ruminant
- Irish: garal — type of ungulate ruminant
- Korean: 고랄 (goral) — type of ungulate ruminant
- Nepali: घोरल (ghoral) — type of ungulate ruminant
- Romanian: goral — type of ungulate ruminant
- Russian: гора́л (gorál) — type of ungulate ruminant
- Thai: กวางผา (gwaang-pǎa) — type of ungulate ruminant
- Tibetan: ཁྲི་སྙན་ས་ལེ (khri snyan sa le) — type of ungulate ruminant