Abbreviation for 'gnus,' plural of gnu (a large African antelope also called a wildebeest).
From the abbreviation of 'gnus,' which comes from Zulu 'i-gnu,' an onomatopoetic word imitating the animal's sound.
The gnu was named after the sound it makes—an actual onomatopoeia from African languages that English borrowed directly!
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