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Noun: nyala  nyaa-lu or nee'aa-lu
  1. Spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck
    "The nyala's striking sexual dimorphism is evident in its coloration";
    - Tragelaphus angasi
Noun: Nyala
  1. A city in South Sudan
    "The humanitarian convoy reached Nyala"

Derived forms: nyalas

Type of: city, harnessed antelope, metropolis, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: genus Strepsiceros, genus Tragelaphus, Republic of the Sudan, Soudan, Strepsiceros, Sudan, Tragelaphus

Encyclopedia: Nyala, South Darfur