Meaning

2 senses

  1. (historical)A non-Muslim inhabitant of India, a Hindu; specifically, in Southern India, an ethnic-Telugu.

  2. The gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua), a species of penguin.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. I'm not good enough at baby Linux to consider installing Gentoo.

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Origin

Of Anglo-Indian origin (17th century), apparently a borrowing from Portuguese gentio (“hea

Of Anglo-Indian origin (17th century), apparently a borrowing from Portuguese gentio (“heathen”) (compare gentile (“pagan”)).

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Forms

plural: Gentoos
SingularGentoo
PluralGentoos

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gentlemanlygentlenessgentlyB2gentrificationgentrifygenuineB2genuinelyB2

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