Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the native names of the common gazel of central Asia, the Gazella subgutturosa (Antilope subgutturosa of Güldenstädt).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The Asiatic gazelle.
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- noun zoology The
Asiatic gazelle . - noun stone platform for
moai
Etymologies
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Examples
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Here, among the graves on the beach, lightly clad in ahu's and lava-lavas, flower - crowned and garlanded, with great phosphorescent hibiscus blossoms in their hair, youths and maidens were dancing.
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Here, among the graves on the beach, lightly clad in ahu's and lava-lavas, flower - crowned and garlanded, with great phosphorescent hibiscus blossoms in their hair, youths and maidens were dancing.
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Initially successful in food gathering, they had an advanced culture for their age and gave thanks by making giant statues called ahu.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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Initially successful in food gathering, they had an advanced culture for their age and gave thanks by making giant statues called ahu.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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Initially successful in food gathering, they had an advanced culture for their age and gave thanks by making giant statues called ahu.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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Lookout offers a dramatic vista of O'ahu's Windward Side, raging winds and a glance at wild chickens more often seen on
SFGate: Top News Stories Jeanne Cooper 2010
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He is an active member of the UH West O'ahu 'ohana participating in team-building activities including tennis and golf outings as well as the annual University of Hawai'i softball tournament.
UH News 2010
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His pleasant demeanor and professionalism are appreciated by the entire UH West O'ahu 'ohana.
UH News 2010
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Home sales and prices were lower in January on Maui, the Big Island and Kaua'i, according to data released yesterday after similar movement for O'ahu's market was reported earlier this week.
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Thrift idea: Join a scheduled beach cleanup - like the one Surfrider volunteers recently conducted at Paumalū (Sunset Beach) on O'ahu's North Shore, and earlier in the year at Kaua'is Māhā'ulepū and Keoneloa (Shipwreck) beaches - by contacting the volunteer coordinator listed on each chapter's Web site.
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According to co-author Carl Lipo, an anthropologist at Binghamton University, you can have ahu (platforms) without moai (statues) and moai without ahu, usually along the roads leading to ahu; they were likely being transported and never got to their destination.
Scientists think they’ve solved one mystery of Easter Island’s statues Jennifer Ouellette 2023
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August 6, 2009