kagu

[ kah-goo ]

noun

1. a raillike bird, Rhinochetus jubatus, of the island of New Caledonia, having a gray body, black-and-white wings, and a long, shaggy crest: an endangered species.

kagu

/ ˈkɑːɡuː /

noun

1. a crested nocturnal bird, Rhynochetos jubatus, with a red bill and greyish plumage: occurs only in New Caledonia and is nearly extinct: family Rhynochetidae, order Gruiformes (cranes, rails, etc)

Word History and Origins

Origin of kagu¹

First recorded in 1860–65; < a language of New Caledonia

Word History and Origins

Origin of kagu¹

native name in New Caledonia

Example Sentences

To the Cherokee, eagles are the awâ'hili and crows are kâgû.

From Washington Post

Chief among them is Akomeya Tokyo in La Kagu, a high-end Japanese grocery with an attached restaurant and cafe that opened this year in a former book warehouse reimagined by the architect Kengo Kuma in 2014.

From New York Times

Early this year the country was transfixed by the spectacle of an elderly corporate patriarch and business founder seeking to oust his daughter from the top of the family’s furniture firm, Otsuka Kagu.

From Economist

That’s the recent case of furniture retailer Otsuka Kagu, which is currently experiencing a high profile family feud between founder Katsuhisa Otsuka and his daughter Kumiko Otsuka.

From Forbes

“The drama at Otsuka Kagu Ltd. began in July when Katsuhisa Otsuka—the 71-year-old chairman and founder—dismissed his eldest daughter, Kumiko Otsuka, as president after a five-year tenure during which she restored profitability to the chain by deviating from her father’s focus on high-end business,” writes Wall Street’s Atsuko Fukase.

From Forbes