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NYALA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nyala mean? 

NYALA (noun)
  The noun NYALA has 2 senses:

1. city in Sudanplay

2. spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neckplay

  Familiarity information: NYALA used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NYALA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

City in Sudan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Nyala" is a part of...):

Republic of the Sudan; Soudan; Sudan (a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

nyala; Tragelaphus angasi

Hypernyms ("nyala" is a kind of...):

harnessed antelope (any of several antelopes of the genus Tragelaphus having striped markings resembling a harness)

Holonyms ("nyala" is a member of...):

genus Strepsiceros; genus Tragelaphus; Strepsiceros; Tragelaphus (African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks)


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