Γόριλλαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Likely Punic, though possibly ultimately from an African word (used to describe hairy people) that entered Greek via Punic.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Γόριλλαι (Górillai) f pl (genitive Γοριλλῶν); first declension

  1. the name of a tribe of hairy women, described by Hanno the Navigator

Inflection

Further reading

References

  1. The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.
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