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bubal
[ byoo-buhl ]
noun
- a hartebeest, Alcelaphus boselaphus, of northern Africa.
bubal
/ ˈbjuːbəl; ˈbjuːbəlɪs /
noun
- any of various antelopes, esp an extinct N African variety of hartebeest
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bubal1
1350–1400; Middle English: aurochs, antelope < Latin būbalus < Greek boúbalos a kind of gazelle or buffalo
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bubal1
C15: from Latin būbalus African gazelle, from Greek boubalos , from Greek bous ox
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Example Sentences
It is highly unlikely that as many as 300 would be concentrated at one village such as Bubal.
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Further evidence of collateral importance is derived from consideration of the location of the village of Bubal.
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Furthermore Cabot, at Bubal eight years after Moraga, found 700 persons.
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Cabot's quite careful estimate for the principal rancheria shows that it was larger than Bubal or Tuntache in 1814.
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He found the principal village of the Wowol, which he called Bubal.
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