Word origins

• NamibA desert on the far southwestern coast of Africa, predominantly in Namibia.
• kuduA large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (lesser kudu) or Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu).
• narasA spiny shrub, Acanthosicyos horridus, growing in Namibia and the Kalahari Desert, or the melon-like fruit that it produces.
• oribiOurebia ourebi, a species of antelope.