goura

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Etymology

From one or more of the languages of New Guinea. The oldest use in the scientific literature, as a French word, may be a plate caption "La Goura de la nouvelle Guinée" in Pierre Sonnerat's Voyage a la Nouvelle Guinée. The spelling Goüra also appears in the 19th century.

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