karoo

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Originates from the Khoikhoi word karo (meaning dry, and hard)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kəˈru/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

karoo (plural karoos)

  1. Any vast prairie bordering a desert.
  2. (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

Anagrams[edit]

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French carreau.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [kaˈroo]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -oo
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ro‧o

Noun[edit]

karoo (accusative singular karoon, plural karooj, accusative plural karoojn)

  1. (card games) The suit of diamonds, marked with the symbol .

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See also[edit]

Suits in Esperanto · emblemoj (layout · text)
kero karoo, rombo piko trefo