impala

[ im-pal-uh, -pah-luh ]

noun

, plural im·pal·as, (especially collectively) im·pal·a.

1. an African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, the male of which has ringed, lyre-shaped horns.

impala

/ ɪmˈpɑːlə /

noun

1. an antelope, Aepyceros melampus, of southern and eastern Africa, having lyre-shaped horns and able to move with enormous leaps when disturbed

Word History and Origins

Origin of impala¹

1870–75; < Zulu, or a cognate word in another Nguni dial.

Word History and Origins

Origin of impala¹

from Zulu

Example Sentences

His New Year’s night becomes interesting after Deborah Ibaneza, an alluring impala, hires him to look into a job for her employer, Natasha Catzenko, a nightclub owner.

From Washington Post

Paper clips, cutting boards, and a Chevy Impala are just a few of the items that rain down from above in this dystopian novel.

From The Daily Beast

A guy in a classic Chevy Impala stops to high-five people passing him.

From The Daily Beast

Two months later, after Raymond had been released, Coy bought his wife a new Chevrolet Impala.

From The Daily Beast

But that which lay in her hand was a flat bag, made of the dressed skin of an impala.

From Project Gutenberg

It was an impala, a species of antelope, and was evidently in the last stage of exhaustion.

From Project Gutenberg

Two African hunting dogs were pursuing the impala and were gaining rapidly.

From Project Gutenberg

There we had nobler game to follow—wildebeest and hartebeest, impala, and now and then a koodoo.

From Project Gutenberg