gora

British

/ ˈɡɔːrə /

noun

informal a White or fair-skinned male

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Etymology

Origin of gora

C21: from Hindi

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Be that as it may, the Turkish Assistant Director of Police in Constantinople received a cipher message from the Grand National Assembly at An gora, new capital of Turkey, instructing him to deport the Patriarch.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were ten Beluches fit for service, and for each of them a gora was bought at the depôt, at a valuation of ten dollars each, or a hundred the lot.

From What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke

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