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单词 gol
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goln.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Nisa Gol.
Etymology: < Gol (in the name of Nisa Gol: see definition).The place-name element may reflect a word in a local language, related to Hindi gūl irrigation channel, trench, itself of uncertain origin (perhaps < Sanskrit kulyā watercourse, channel, although this poses phonological problems).
Obsolete. rare.
In India: a ravine.In both examples referring to the Nisa Gol, a ravine near Mastuj, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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1907 Frontier & Overseas Exped. from India (Intelligence Branch Army H.Q. India) I. ii. 74 On the far edge of the gol, the enemy had built a line of sangars, sunk in the ground, and well provided with head-cover.
1926 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 609/1 The road track crossed the gol near its junction with the Chitral River.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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