gamuza

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *camocia, from Late Latin camox, from Gaulish camox, probably from an extinct Alpine language (Raetic, Ancient Ligurian), possibly Proto-Indo-European *kem (“without horns”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /ɡaˈmuθa/ [ɡaˈmu.θa]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ɡaˈmusa/ [ɡaˈmu.sa]
Audio (Spain) (file)
(Spain) Rhymes: -uθa
(Latin America) Rhymes: -usa
Syllabification: ga‧mu‧za

Noun

gamuza f (plural gamuzas)

chamois (goat-antelope)
Synonyms: rebeco, sarrio
chamois (leather)
(piece of) cloth

Further reading

“gamuza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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