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"Gnu" is a noun which is often translated as "el ñu", and "wildebeest" is a noun which is also often translated as "el ñu". Learn more about the difference between "gnu" and "wildebeest" below.
gnu(
nu
)
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el ñu
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
The gnu migrate hundreds of miles through the Kalahari desert.Los ñus migran cientos de millas a través del desierto de Kalahari.
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wildebeest(
wihl
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duh
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bist
)
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el ñu
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
The wildebeest alerted the rest of the pack that a lion was near.El ñu alertó al resto de la manada de que se acercaba un león.
Vast herds of wildebeest graze the plains of East Africa.Enormes manadas de ñus pastaban en las llanuras de África Oriental.
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