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gour¹

noun gours

  1. dated Dated form of gaur (“Asian wild bovine”).

gour²

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From French gour (“rock pool”), from Latin gurges. Doublet of gorge and gurges.

noun gours

  1. A pool in a cave confined by a dam of mineral deposits accumulating along its rim. […] calcite precipitates. This forms a small dam, accentuating the phenomenon and causing the formation of a calcite dam tilted towards the center of the gour. As water evaporates from the surface of the gour, a thin film of calcite often forms, […]

gour³

noun gours

  1. India, obsolete The head man of a village in the Canarese-speaking country. Every Tehsildary is farmed out in villages to the Gours or head-men.

Gour⁴

proper noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of Gaur (“ancient Bengali city”).

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@misc{gour_2026,
  title = {gour},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gour},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}