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kamel

Pronunciation: /kaˈmeːl/

“kamel” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a camel; an ungulate of the genus Camelus, with one or two humps
  2. specifically, a Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus), having two humps
  3. a camel; a watertight caisson or pontoon which can be flooded and pumped dry to raise a ship from the seabed or carry it over a shoal
  4. a water tank on a central-heating system

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse kamell (“camel”), borrowed from Middle Low German kamel (“camel”), from Latin camēlus (“camel”), from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”), from an unidentified Semitic source, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal- (“camel”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk kamel, Danish kamel, Swedish kamel, German Kamel and English camel.

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