eland
pronunciation
How to pronounce eland in British English:
UK [ˈi:lənd]
How to pronounce eland in American English:
US ['ilənd]
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- Noun:
- either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes
Word Origin
- eland
- eland: [18] Although the eland is an African animal, it has an ancient European name, given to it by Dutch settlers in South Africa. Eland is the Dutch word for an ‘elk’ (the European version of the North American moose); it comes via German from Lithuanian élnis, which goes back ultimately to a prehistoric Indo-European source (*oln-, *eln-) which also produced English elk.=> elk
- eland (n.)
- Cape elk, large South African antelope, 1786, from Dutch eland "elk," probably from a Baltic source akin to Lithuanian elnias "deer," from PIE *el- (2) "red, brown" (see elk), cognate with first element in Greek Elaphebolion, name of the ninth month of the Attic year (corresponding to late March-early April), literally "deer-hunting (month)." Borrowed earlier in English as ellan (1610s, via French), ellend (from the German form of the word).
Example
- 1. Large dark striped eland of western equatorial africa .
- 2. Dark fawn-colored eland of south and east africa .
- 3. Grazing eland , drakensberg range , south africa , 2001 .
- 4. Coffee creations : famous paintings recreated with espresso by karen eland .
- 5. It is also home to some giant animals like the eland , the world 's largest antelope , and the bearded vulture , a huge raptor .