mazama

See also: Mazama

English

Alternative forms

• mazame

Etymology

From Nahuatl. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. via Spanish? or the genus name (in which case a doublet of mazame)?

Noun

mazama (plural mazamas)

1. (dated) The mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus)

References

• “mazama”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Mazama, from Nahuatl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /madˈd͡za.ma/
• Rhymes: -ama
• Hyphenation: ma‧zà‧ma

Noun

mazama m (invariable)

1. mazama

Further reading

• mazama in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana