eland

Borrowed from Afrikaans eland, from Dutch eland (“elk”), from Middle Dutch elant, from obsolete early modern German elend, from Middle High German elen, see German Elen for more.^[1] Doublet of elk.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈiːlənd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːlənd

eland (plural eland or elands)

1. A genus of large South African antelope (Taurotragus), valued both for its hide and flesh. [from late 18th c.]
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     As a matter of fact, however, I had never seen an eland in a wild state before.

   • 1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:

     You almost forget you're in Africa. But suddenly you remember when a big eland goes trudging off from beside the road.

• Oreas (obsolete); Oreas canna (obsolete)

•   Common eland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•   Giant eland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•   Category:Taurotragus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
•   Taurotragus oryx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
•   Taurotragus derbianus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• laden, laned, naled, Nelda, Andel, lean'd, lande, Nadel, Dalen, Alden

From Dutch eland (“elk, moose; eland”), from Middle Dutch elant (“elk, moose”), from obsolete German elen, elend, from Middle High German elen, from Old High German elent.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪə̯.lant/

eland (plural elande)

1. common eland, eland antilope, Taurotragus oryx

• → English: eland

Borrowed from Afrikaans eland or South African Dutch, from Dutch eland (“elk”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈlan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈlant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eˈlant]

eland m (plural elands)

1. eland

   Synonyms: antílop africà, antílop del sud

From English eland, from Dutch eland, from obsolete German elen, elend, from Old Lithuanian ellenis.

• Hyphenation: e‧land

eland

1. eland (a large South African antelope of the genus Taurotragus)

Borrowed from Afrikaans eland, from Dutch eland.

• IPA^(key): [ˈeːlan]

eland c (singular definite elanden, plural indefinite elander)

1. common eland, Taurotragus oryx

   Synonym: elsdyrantilope

• “eland” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Middle Dutch elant, from obsolete German elen, elend, from Middle High German elen, from Old Lithuanian ellenis.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːlɑnt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: eland

eland m (plural elanden, diminutive elandje n)

1. elk, moose, Alces alces [from 16th c.]
2. (archaic, chiefly South Africa) common eland, eland antilope, Taurotragus oryx [mid-17th–early 20th c.]

• elandantilope

• Afrikaans: eland
  • → English: eland

• dalen, laden, lande

eland m (plural elands)

1. eland