Comoros on a globe.
Etymology
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Likely borrowed via French Comores . Ultimately from Arabic جَزِيرَة القَمَر ( jazīrat al-qamar , “ island of the moon ” ) ; for more see the etymology of Madagascar .
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Proper noun
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the Comoros
A country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa . Official name: Union of the Comoros .
An archipelago consisting of the Union of the Comoros and the French overseas department of Mayotte .
Synonyms
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Translations
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country in Eastern Africa
Afrikaans: Comore , Comore-eilande
Amharic: ኮሞሮስ ( komoros )
Arabic: جُزُر الْقُمُر ( juzur al-qumur )
Armenian: Կոմորյան կղզիներ (hy) ( Komoryan kġziner )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܘܿܡܘܿܪܘܿܙ f ( qōmōrōz )
Azerbaijani: Komor adaları
Belarusian: Камо́рскія астравы́ m pl ( Kamórskija astravý ) , Камо́ры m pl ( Kamóry )
Bengali: কোমোরোস (bn) ( kōmōrōs )
Breton: Komorez
Bulgarian: Комори pl ( Komori ) , Коморски острови pl ( Komorski ostrovi )
Burmese: ကိုမိုရို ( kuimuirui )
Catalan: Comores (ca) f pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 科摩羅 / 科摩罗 (zh) ( Kēmóluó ) , 葛摩 (zh) ( Gěmó )
Czech: Komory (cs) m pl
Danish: Comorerne pl
Dutch: Comoren (nl) pl
Esperanto: Komoroj (eo) pl
Estonian: Komoorid (et) pl , Komoori saared pl
Finnish: Komorit (fi) pl
French: Comores (fr) f pl
Georgian: კომორის კუნძულები ( ḳomoris ḳunʒulebi )
German: Komoren (de) f pl
Greek: Κομόρες (el) f pl ( Komóres )
Hausa: Komoros
Hebrew: קומורו ( qomoro )
Hindi: कोमोरोस (hi) ( komoros )
Hungarian: Comore-szigetek (hu)
Interlingua: Comoras
Irish: Oileáin Chomóra m
Italian: Comore (it) f pl
Japanese: コモロ (ja) ( Komoro )
Khmer: កូម័រ (km) ( koumɔə )
Korean: 코모로 (ko) ( Komoro )
Lao: ໂກມໍຣົດ ( kō mǭ rot )
Lithuanian: Komorai (lt)
Macedonian: Комори (mk) m pl ( Komori )
Maltese: il-Komoros
Maore Comorian: Komori
Maori: Komoro , Komorohi
Navajo: Ooljééʼ Bikéyah Yázhí
Norman: Comores f pl
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Komorene (no)
Nynorsk: Komorane (nn)
Persian: کومور ( kômôr )
Polish: Komory (pl) m pl
Portuguese: Comores (pt) f pl
Romanian: Comore (ro) f pl , Insulele Comore f pl
Russian: Комо́рские острова́ m pl ( Komórskije ostrová ) , Комо́ры m pl ( Komóry )
Serbo-Croatian: Komori (sh) m , Komorska Ostrva n pl
Slovene: Komóri (sl) m pl
Spanish: Comores (es) f pl , Comoras (es) f pl
Swahili: Visiwa vya Ngazija (sw) , Visiwa vya Komoro
Swedish: Komorerna (sv) , Comorerna (sv)
Tagalog: Komoras
Thai: คอโมโรส (th) ( kɔɔ-moo-róos )
Turkish: Komorlar (tr)
Ukrainian: Комо́рські острови́ m pl ( Komórsʹki ostrový ) , Комо́ри m pl ( Komóry )
Vietnamese: Cô-mô-rô , Cô-mo
Yoruba: Kòmòrósì
See also
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Moroni
countries of the world .
(countries of Africa ) countries of Africa ; Algeria , Angola , Benin , Botswana , Burkina Faso , Burundi , Cabo Verde , Cameroon , Central African Republic , Chad , Comoros , Côte d'Ivoire , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Djibouti , Egypt , Equatorial Guinea , Eritrea , Eswatini , Ethiopia , Gabon , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Guinea-Bissau , Kenya , Lesotho , Liberia , Libya , Madagascar , Malawi , Mali , Mauritania , Mauritius , Morocco , Mozambique , Namibia , Niger , Nigeria , Republic of the Congo , Rwanda , São Tomé and Príncipe , Senegal , Seychelles , Sierra Leone , Somalia , South Africa , South Sudan , Sudan , Tanzania , Togo , Tunisia , Uganda , Western Sahara , Zambia , Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa ) [edit ]
Comoros on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Comoros, CIA World Fact Book 2004 on Wikisource.Wikisource
Category:Comoros on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Category:Atlas of Comoros on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Portal:Comoros on Wikinews.Wikinews