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The name "giraffe" has its earliest known origins in the Arabic word zirāfah (زِرَافَةْ), of an ultimately unclear Sub-Saharan African language origin. [2] The Middle English and early Modern English spellings, jarraf and ziraph, derive from the Arabic form-based Spanish and Portuguese girafa. [3]
A rare baby giraffe has no spots, but now she has a name! Officials at the Brights Zoo, a family-owned establishment in Limestone, Tennessee, revealed the adorable, 5-week-old giraffe's name live ...
A rare baby giraffe has no spots, but now she has a name.
Nyasi was born Aug. 9 and is the first giraffe born at the zoo in 12 years. The name Nyasi was chosen by a thin margin after nearly 4,000 votes were cast, Shepherd said. ... Louisville Zoo's baby ...
The giraffe cam was shut off at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on April 21, with the staff appearing on camera before the shutoff to express their thanks. [11] As a result of a name-the-baby contest, the calf was named Tajiri, from the Swahili language word for "hope". [20]
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The IUCN currently recognizes only one species of giraffe with nine subspecies. [1] Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi is named after the Tring Museum's founder, Walter Rothschild, [2] and is also known as the Baringo giraffe, after the Lake Baringo area of Kenya, [3] or as the Ugandan giraffe.
The Louisville Zoo is asking city residents and frequent visitors to help name one of its newest members, a baby Masai giraffe. What we know. Louisville Zoo wants help naming baby giraffe by voting.