bubal

American  

[byoo-buhl] / ˈbyu bəl /

Also bubalis

noun

1. a hartebeest, Alcelaphus boselaphus, of northern Africa.

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bubal British  

/ ˈbjuːbəl, ˈbjuːbəlɪs /

noun

1. any of various antelopes, esp an extinct N African variety of hartebeest

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Etymology

Origin of bubal

1350–1400; Middle English: aurochs, antelope < Latin būbalus < Greek boúbalos a kind of gazelle or buffalo

Example Sentences

He found the principal village of the Wowol, which he called Bubal.

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If we apply this factor to Bubal the result is not less than an aggregate of 1,333 persons, much greater than the value set by Moraga in 1806.

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With respect to the suggestion of Gifford and Schenck that the number of inhabitants of Bubal had been augmented between 1806 and 1814 by refugees from the missions the following points may be noted.

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It is highly unlikely that as many as 300 would be concentrated at one village such as Bubal.

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A further problem of importance illustrated by our data for Bubal is the extent to which population estimates for villages were affected by local fugitivism or temporary scattering of the natives at the advent of the Spaniards.

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