gorilă

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gorilă¹

  • /ɡoˈri.lə/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French gorille, from New Latin gorilla, from Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “a tribe of hairy women”), described by Hanno the Navigator, a Carthaginian navigator and possible visitor to the area that later became Sierra Leone.

noun gorile · gorilă · gorila · gorilele

  1. feminine gorilla (ape)

Gorilă²

Where it comes from

From Gore + -ilă.

proper noun lui Gorilă

  1. masculine a surname

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"gorilă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/goril%C4%83. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

gorilă. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/goril%C4%83

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"gorilă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/goril%C4%83.

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@misc{gorila_2026,
  title = {gorilă},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/goril%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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