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Jumbo

proper nounattested in dialogue

A nickname for one or that of a large size

proper noun

  1. 1

    A nickname for one or that of a large size

  2. 2

    A nickname for one or that of a small size

  3. 3

    A traditional animal name for an elephant

Etymology

From jumbo, from the 19th-century elephant, Jumbo, from Swahili jumbe (“chief”) jambo (“thing”)

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