Translation

The Japanese word for "Gnu" is nū ヌー, a katakanization.
Another word for "Gnu" is ushi-kamoshika 牛羚羊.

Romaji nuu
Katakanaヌー
Hiraganaぬー
Romaji u shi ka mo shi ka
Hiraganaうしかもしか
Katakanaウシカモシカ
Kanji 牛 羚羊
Meaning Cow Serow
School Level 小2 ✕, 小3

Homonyms & Similar Words

  • GNU, the project founded by Richard Stallman, is gunyuu グニュー in Japanese, or just GNU written with the Latin alphabet anyway.

Synonyms

Further Reading

Wikipedia: Wildebeest (ヌー)