quagga
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quagga
- /ˈkwaxə/ General South African
- /ˈkwɒɡə/ UK
- /kwæɡə/ US
- /kwɑɡə/ US
Rhymes with -æɡə, -ɑːɡə
Where it comes from
From Dutch quagga (whence also Afrikaans kwagga), from a Khoisan term, probably Haiǁom, Khoekhoe ǁkoaah, apparently of imitative origin.
noun quaggas · kwagga · quagha · quakka
- A southern-African subspecies of plains zebra, Equus quagga quagga, which went extinct in 1883. The upper parts of the animal were reddish brown, becoming paler behind and beneath, while the face, neck, and fore part of the body were marked by dark stripes. I saw a rhinoceros, buffalo (a large herd), eland, quagga, and sable antelope, the most beautiful of all the bucks, not to mention many smaller varieties of game, and three ostriches which scudded away at our approach like white drift before a gale.
- Ellipsis of quagga mussel
Translations
Every language
noun Equus quagga quagga
| 日本語 | クアッガ kuagga |
|---|---|
| Português | quagga, quaga |
| Deutsch | Quagga, Quaggafohlen, Quaggafüllen |
| Русский | ква́гга kvágga |
Talk about this word "quagga." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/quagga. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. quagga. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/quagga "quagga." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/quagga.Cite this
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title = {quagga},
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