Definitions
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- proper noun A language spoken in the Djurab desert region of
Chad by the Daza people, part of theNilo-Saharan language family. - proper noun A language spoken in southeastern parts of
Kurdistan byKurdish people, part of the Gorani-Zaza language family. This language has no relation with the Goran language spoken by the Daza people.
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Examples
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I think Goran is one of the all-time great TV characters and I hate to see him go that way.
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We're listening to the one local Moussoro station (simply called 'FM') which broadcasts local news in Goran, Arabic, and French, as well as a crazy melange of music anywhere from marathon jam sessions of local drums and flutes to Kevin Lyttle singing 'Turn Me On'.
Archive 2006-01-01 Zach Center 2006
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We're listening to the one local Moussoro station (simply called 'FM') which broadcasts local news in Goran, Arabic, and French, as well as a crazy melange of music anywhere from marathon jam sessions of local drums and flutes to Kevin Lyttle singing 'Turn Me On'.
Three Young Chadian Women Zach Center 2006
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She seems so serious, but then a song comes on, maybe in Goran, maybe in Kanembou, but she knows it and is up and dancing.
Three Young Chadian Women Zach Center 2006
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She seems so serious, but then a song comes on, maybe in Goran, maybe in Kanembou, but she knows it and is up and dancing.
Archive 2006-01-01 Zach Center 2006
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Asked whether he should be considered the new Ivanisevic, he said, No, Goran is Goran.
USATODAY.com - Qualifier stuns Federer; routine rout for Venus 2002
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Sometimes he cannot help because crazy Goran is too crazy to help or good one is too good to do something.
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Enter Goran, (the Kurdish word for change), a reform movement inspired by the presidential campaign of Barack Obama.
The Guardian World News Michael Howard 2009
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But the All-England Club, not usually overly sentimental when it comes to anyone but their own, recalled Goran's three gallant finals and dealt him a "wild card" entry-and itself a story for the ages.
Goran, Anyone? 2007
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Their politicians in Erbil may have become even more inflexible since the long-dominant parties lost ground in a regional election this summer to a new group called Goran (Change) that beats the nationalist drum while inveighing against corruption.
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