Etymology

kloof

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Today it means: A deep glen or ravine. Full definition →

Dutch kloof
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  1. Dutch · borrowed fromkloof“ravine”
  2. English todaykloof

Borrowed from Dutch kloof (“ravine”) (South Africa). Doublet of clove (“deep or narrow valley”).

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