Etymology

chiengora

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Today it means: Dog hair used as a textile. Full definition →

French chien
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The story

  1. French · derived fromchien“dog”
  2. English todaychiengora

Blend of French chien (“dog”) and angora.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.