/ˈsaʊlə/, /ˈsaʊˌlɑː/
OriginBorrowed from Vietnamese sao la, probably from Lao ເສົາຫລ (sao la, “spindle[-horned]”) or some other Tai-Kadai language.
- A critically endangered ruminant of species Pseudoryx nghetinhensis, of Vietnam and Laos.
“2013, C. Michele Thompson, 10: Would a saola by any other name still be a saola?, Hue-Tam Ho Tai, Mark Sidel (editors), State, Society and the Market in Contemporary Vietnam, Taylor & Francis (Routled”
“Killing or capture of saola is prohibited by law in both Vietnam and Lao PDR, and the sale of wildlife in both countries is generally illegal, but there is insufficient enforcement of these laws in bo”
“2015, William deBuys, The Last Unicorn: A Search for One of Earth's Rarest Creatures, Hachette (Little, Brown and Company), unnumbered page,
It is surprising, twenty years after saola first attracted ”
Formssaolas(plural) · saola(plural)