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单词 Saldanha
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Definition of Saldanha in English:

Saldanha

noun salˈdɑːnəsəlˈdɑːnə
  • Used attributive with reference to an extinct hominid known from fossil remains found at Elandsfontein near Hopefield in Saldanha Bay, South Africa, regarded as the same form as Kabwe man; especially in "Saldanha Man".

Origin

1950s. Either from Saldanha, the name of a town in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, near to where the fossils were discovered in 1953, or from SaldanhaBay, the name of a large natural harbour after which the town was named (although the finds were not made in the immediate vicinity of the coast).

Definition of Saldanha in US English:

Saldanha

noun
  • Used attributive with reference to an extinct hominid known from fossil remains found at Elandsfontein near Hopefield in Saldanha Bay, South Africa, regarded as the same form as Kabwe man; especially in "Saldanha Man".

Origin

1950s. Either from Saldanha, the name of a town in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, near to where the fossils were discovered in 1953, or from SaldanhaBay, the name of a large natural harbour after which the town was named (although the finds were not made in the immediate vicinity of the coast).

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