Not just English. The Dutch word for Alces alces (the animal called a moose in North America and an elk in Europe) is "eland". Dutch settlers in South Africa

Not just English. The Dutch word for Alces alces (the animal called a moose in North America and an elk in Europe) is "eland". Dutch settlers in South Africa decided to use that word for the large antelope of the genus Taurotragus, which is still called an eland in English. Modern Dutch distinguishes the two by calling the antelope an "eland antelope", while Afrikaans calls the moose/elk an "American/European eland".