karoo
See also: Karoo
English edit
Etymology edit
Originates from the Khoikhoi word karo (meaning dry, and hard)
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Noun edit
karoo (plural karoos)
- Any vast prairie bordering a desert.
- (South Africa) Any of the composite bushes typical of the Karoo.
- 1901 July 5, “Domestication of the Eland”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record[1], volume 4, number 9, page 273:
- The herd is kept in an enclosure with wire fence about 7 feet high […] They eat grass and karoo, but prefer bush of every kind, even eating the bitter aloe.
References edit
- karoo in Dictionary of South African English
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Esperanto edit
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karoo (accusative singular karoon, plural karooj, accusative plural karoojn)
- (card games) The suit of diamonds, marked with the symbol ♦.
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Suits in Esperanto · emblemoj (layout · text) | |||
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kero | karoo, rombo | piko | trefo |