Etymology. edit. From German Gnu, from Afrikaans ghnoe, from Bantu. Pronunciation.

28 сент. 2017 г. · a name given by ancient authors to some African animal (perhaps the gnu), late 14c., from Latin catoblepas, from Greek katobleps...

A gnu is the same thing as a wildebeest — gnu comes from the Dutch gnoe, which has roots in the Khoisan i-ngu and the Southern Bushman !nu: (with the ! and : ...

The meaning of GNU is wildebeest.

Gnu definition: either of two stocky, oxlike antelopes of the genus Connochaetes, the silver-gray, white-bearded C. taurinus of the eastern African plain ...

The earliest known use of the noun gnu is in the late 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for gnu is from 1777, in the writing of Georg Forster ...

Meaning of gnu in English Dark brown vertical stripes mark the area between the neck and the back of the ribcage, thus giving it the name brindled gnu.

Name. GNU is a recursive acronym for "GNU's Not Unix!", chosen because GNU's design is Unix-like, but differs from Unix by being free software and containing ... The Gnu Song · GNU Project · GNU Hurd · GNU (disambiguation)

23 авг. 2015 г. · "Gnu" itself, meaning a type of African antelope, also called a "Wildebeast", is from the Khoikhoi language of Africa, the initial "G" ...

A gnu is a large African animal similar to an ox. You won't get annoyed by being held up by the slowest gnu.