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golfo.

golf

5 characters2 syllables approx.Esperanto language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡolfo/
  1. golf

    uncountable
    Ĉu vi vidis lin svingi klubon? Li ludaĉas golfon.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English golf, from Scots, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object”). Related to Dutch kolf (“blunt end of something”), German Kolben (“piston, rod”), Swedish kolv (“piston, rod”).

noun/ˈɡolfo/
  1. gulf

    La Meksika Golfo estas la plej granda golfo tutmonde.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colfos, an alteration of Latin colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, gulf”). Compare German Golf, French golfe.

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