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    Zarafa (January 1824 – 12 January 1845) was a female Nubian giraffe who lived in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris for 18 years. A gift from Muhammad Ali...
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  • February 2012 in France. The story was inspired by a historical giraffe known today as Zarafa. The film is framed by a village elder (Vernon Dobtcheff) telling...
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  • Zarafa may refer to: Zarafa (film), an animated film Zarafa (giraffe), a present to Charles X of France from Muhammad Ali of Egypt Zarafa (software),...
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    Medici giraffe was a giraffe presented to Lorenzo de' Medici in 1486. It caused a great stir on its arrival in Florence. Zarafa, another famous giraffe, was...
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    Nubian giraffe is also breeding in captivity in Giza Zoo, Egypt.[citation needed] Zarafa (giraffe), the most famous of three Nubian giraffes gifted from...
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    (from Arabic kāfir) tārīkh – "date" or "history" (from Arabic tārīkh) zarāfā – "giraffe" (from Arabic zarāfah) French origin: gili-gili – "tickle-tickle"...
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  • Syracuse to Cefalù. Low German [example needed] Maldivian zaraafaa [z̺aˈraːfaː] 'giraffe' Mirandese eisistir [e̞jz̺is̺ˈtiɾ] 'to exist' Apical. Mirandese and...
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    Paris, London, and Vienna respectively. The first, the female giraffe known today as Zarafa, survived for more than two years and was later put in the Jardin...
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    Giraffidae (category Giraffes)
    Paraskevaidis, 1940 †Canthumeryx Hamilton 1973 [Zarafa Hamilton, 1973] †Canthumeryx sirtensis Hamilton 1973 [Zarafa zelteni Hamilton, 1973] Subfamily Giraffinae...
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    seized by France in Madagascar in 1898. A room in the museum. Zarafa, the famous giraffe that inspired La mode à la girafe craze in 1820s France Official...
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