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English word origin

Etymology of Uele

Borrowed from French Uele or Uélé, from Lingala Wɛlɛ.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
name

A river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from French Uele or Uélé, from Lingala Wɛlɛ.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
name

A river in the Sakha Republic, Russia.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Russian Уэле (Uele), itself borrowed from Yakut Үөлэ (Üöle).

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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

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