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A historical term for Hindus (as opposed to Muslims) in Mughal era India; Also: A historical name of the Telugu language; Also: A species of penguin.

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  • At this time in the records other cloth, not intended for export, was termed "gentoo" cloth.
  • The exhibit features gentoo and macaroni penguins.
  • I have it installed on xp and my gentoo linux partition
  • Tinyminds has a good interview with Daniel Robbins, of gentoo fame.
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