Etymology

Gorée

Today it means: An island of Dakar, Senegal; one of the 19 communes d'arrondissement of Dakar. Full definition →

French Gorée ← Dutch Goeree
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromGoeree
  2. French · borrowed fromGorée
  3. English todayGorée

Borrowed from French Gorée, from Dutch Goeree, a contracted form of Goedereede.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.