Anguilla

See also: anguilla

Translingual

Anguilla anguilla, the European eel

Etymology

From Latin anguilla (“eel”)

Proper noun

Anguilla f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Anguillidae – typical freshwater eels.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass; Teleostei - class; Elopomorpha - superorder; Anguilliformes - order; Anguilloidei - suborder; Anguillidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Anguilla anguilla (European eel) - type species

References

• Anguilla (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anguilla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Anguilla (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Anguilla at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Anguilla at AnimalBase
• Anguilla on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Anguilla at World Register of Marine Species

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anguilla (“eel”), from an uncertain Romance language original.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æŋˈɡwɪlə/

Proper noun

Anguilla

1. A British overseas territory in the Caribbean.

Translations

British overseas territory in the Caribbean

• Arabic: أَنْغِيلَا‎ f (ʾanḡīlā), أَنْجْوِيلَا‎ f (ʾangwīlā)
• Breton: Anguilla
• Bulgarian: Ангила (Angila)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安圭拉 (zh) (Anguīlā)

• Danish: Anguilla
• Dutch: Anguilla (nl)
• Esperanto: Angvilo, Angilo
• Finnish: Anguilla (fi)
• French: Anguilla (fr)
• Galician: Anguila (gl)
• Georgian: ანგილია (angilia)
• German: Anguilla (de)
• Greek: Ανγκουίλα (el) f (Angkouíla)
• Hebrew: אַנְגּװְלָה‎ (Anguela)
• Hungarian: Anguilla (hu)
• Interlingua: Anguilla
• Italian: Anguilla (it)

• Japanese: アンギラ (Angira)
• Korean: 앙길라 (Anggilla)
• Latvian: Angiļa f
• Macedonian: Анги́лја f (Angílja)
• Maltese: Angulja
• Norman: Anguilla (Jersey)
• Polish: Anguilla (pl)
• Portuguese: Anguila (pt)
• Romanian: Anguila f
• Russian: Анги́лья (ru) f (Angílʹja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ангвила f

  Roman: Angvila f

• Spanish: Anguila (es)
• Swedish: Anguilla (sv)
• Thai: แองกวิลลา (ɛng-gwil-lâa)
• Turkish: Anguilla (tr)

Derived terms

• Anguillan

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world
• Anguilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• alingual, unialgal

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Italian

Proper noun

Anguilla ?

1. Anguilla

Anagrams

• allungai

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Norman

Proper noun

Anguilla

1. (Jersey) Anguilla

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Anguilla f

1. Alternative form of Anguila

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anguilla (“eel”), from an uncertain Romance language original.

Proper noun

Anguilla n (genitive Anguillas)

1. Anguilla (a country in the Caribbean)

Related terms

• anguillansk (“Anguillan”, adjective)
• anguillan c (“Anguillan male”)