gentoo

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Gentoo^¹

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Of Anglo-Indian origin (17th century), apparently a borrowing from Portuguese gentio (“heathen”) (compare gentile (“pagan”)).

noun Gentoos

historical A non-Muslim inhabitant of India, a Hindu; specifically, in Southern India, an ethnic-Telugu. The Greeks, and all the Celtic nations, accordingly, burned the bodies of the dead, as the Gentoos do at this day; while the Egyptians, among whom fuel was extremely scarce, placed them in pyramidal monuments, which were the symbols of fire; hence come those prodigious structures which still adorn t
The gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua), a species of penguin.

proper noun

historical The Telugu language.

gentoo^²

noun gentoos

gentoo penguin

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@misc{gentoo_2026,
  title = {gentoo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gentoo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}