Translation

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

Romaji nuu
Katakana
Hiragana
Romaji u shi ka mo shi ka
Hiragana
Katakana
Kanji 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)