quagga

English

Alternative forms

• kwagga (dated)
• quakka
• quagha

Etymology

Khoi-San: qha-ha through Dutch.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kwɒxə/, /kwæɡə(ɾ)/
• Rhymes: -æɡə

Noun

quagga (plural quaggas)

1. A southern African subspecies of zebra, extinct since 1883. The upper parts are reddish brown, becoming paler behind and beneath, with dark stripes on the face, neck, and fore part of the body. Taxonomic name: Equus quagga.

Translations

subspecies of zebra

German: Quagga  (de) n., Quaggahengst (de) m., Quaggastute (de) f., Quaggafohlen (de) n., Quaggahengstfohlen  (de) n., Quaggastutfohlen  (de) n. Navajo: halgaigi tééh łį́į́ʼ Russian: квагга (ru) (kvágga) f.

Volapük: (male or female) kvagad (vo), (male) hikvagad (vo), (female) jikvagad (vo), (male or female offspring, young) kvagadül (vo), (male offspring, young) hikvagadül (vo), (female offspring, young) jikvagadül (vo)

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Afrikaans

Noun

quagga

1. A zebra