Associations to the word «Nyala»

Wiktionary

NYALA, noun. A southern African antelope, Tragelaphus angasii (syn. Nyala angasii), with thin white stripes in the grey or brown coat, a ridge of tufted hair running all along the spine, and long horns with a spiral twist.

Dictionary definition

NYALA, noun. City in Sudan.
NYALA, noun. Spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats