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gole

See also: golé, golę, gołe, góle, and Göle

English

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Etymology

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Particularly: “Hobson-Jobson: P.—H. ghol; perhaps a confusion with the Arab. jaul (gaul), 'a troop': [but Platts connects it with Skt. kula, 'an assemblage'].”

Noun

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gole (plural goles)

  1. (British India) The main body of an army in array; a clustered body of troops; an irregular squadron of horsemen.
    • 1849, Brigadier Lockwood, Report of 2nd Cavalry Division at Battle of Goojerat:
      About this time a large gole of horsemen came on towards me, and I proposed to charge; but as they turned at once from the fire of the guns, and as there was a nullah in front, I refrained from advancing after them.

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Asturian

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Verb

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gole

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of golar

Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin gula.

Noun

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gole f (plural golis)

  1. (anatomy) throat
  2. (figurative) wish, desire
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Italian

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Noun

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gole f

  1. plural of gola

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Lower Sorbian

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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gole n

  1. Superseded spelling of góle.

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Noun

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gole

  1. Superseded spelling of góle.

Polish

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Noun

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gole

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of gol

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Reduced from engolir (“to swallow”)

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: go‧le

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gole m (plural goles)

  1. gulp
  2. sip
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