gnu
pronunciation
How to pronounce gnu in British English:
UK [nu:]
How to pronounce gnu in American English:
US [nu, nju]
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- Noun:
- large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
Word Origin
- gnu (n.)
- ox-like South African antelope, 1777, gnoo, from Dutch gnoe, used by German traveler Georg Forster (1754-1794) to render Hottentot i-ngu "wildebeest," from Southern Bushman !nu: (in which ! and : represent clicks).
Example
- 1. The second force was the gnu general public license .
- 2. Gnu make 3.81 or later ( we 're using 3.81 )
- 3. Nuclear organization under gnu & apple technology .
- 4. So the next step is to replace windows with a free operating system such as gnu / linux .
- 5. Stallman 's fame derives from the gnu project , which he founded to develop a free operating system .