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Gender Masculine
Usage Literature
Meaning & History
Possibly a corruption of Orinoco, the name of a river in northern South America. This is the name of the title character of 'Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave' (1688) by Aphra Behn. Oroonoko is an African prince who is captured and brought to Suriname as a slave.