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Showing words for ELAND using the English dictionary

5 Letter Words for Eland

alden, eland, laden, lande, lenad, naled

4 Letter Words for Eland

aden, alen, dale, dane, deal, dean, elan, lade, laen, land, lane, lead, lean, leda, lena, lend, nael, nale, neal

3 Letter Words for Eland

ade, ald, ale, aln, and, ane, dae, dal, dan, dea, del, den, dle, dna, ead, ean, ela, eld, end, enl, lad, lan, lea, led, nad, nae, nea, ned

Definitions for Eland

[1] either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
[2] a large spiral-horned antelope, Taurotragus oryx, inhabiting bushland in eastern and southern Africa. It has a dewlap and a hump on the shoulders and is light brown with vertical white stripes
[3] giant eland a similar but larger animal, T. derbianus, living in wooded areas of central and W Africa

Words nearby Eland

elaine, elaiosome, elam, elamite, elamitic, eland, elapid, elapse, elara, elasmobranch, elasmosaur

Origin of Eland

1780–90; < Afrikaans < Dutch eland elk (Middle Dutch elen, elant ) < early modern German Elen(d ), probably < Lithuanian éllenis (now élnis; akin to OCS jelenĭ stag) or an OPruss equivalent; akin to elk

Word origin for Eland

C18: via Afrikaans from Dutch eland elk; related to Old Slavonic jeleni stag, Greek ellos fawn