Etymology

Bahr al Ghazal

Today it means: A river in South Sudan. Full definition →

Arabic الغزال
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromالغزال
  2. English todayBahr al Ghazal

From Arabic الغزال بحر, literally "gazelle river".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.