beloega

Dutch

Etymology

From the Russian белу́га (belúga) (in turn бе́лый (bélyj, “white”)). In modern standard Russian белу́га (belúga) means the fish only (the "European sturgeon") and белу́ха (belúxa) a "white whale".

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: be‧loe‧ga

Noun

beloega m (plural beloega's, diminutive beloegaatje n)

  1. beluga
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