Canada goose

English

Noun

Canada goose (plural Canada geese)

1. A large goose, Branta canadensis.

   Synonym: (humorous) cobra chicken

range of native and introduced populations of Canada goose

Translations

Branta canadensis

• Abenaki: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: канадска гъска (kanadska gǎska)
• Carrier: khoh
• Catalan: oca canadenca
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加拿大雁 (Jiānádà yàn)

• Cree: ᓂᔅᒃ (nisk) (nisk)

  Plains Cree: ᓂᐢᑲ (niska), ᑭᐦᒋ ᓂᐢᑲ (kihci-niska, literally “great goose”)

• Danish: canadagås (da) c
• Dutch: grote Canadese gans (nl) f, canadagans (nl) f
• Esperanto: kanada ansero
• Estonian: kanada lagle
• Faroese: øshvít gás f
• Finnish: kanadanhanhi (fi)
• French: bernache du Canada (fr) f, outarde (fr) f
• German: Kanadagans (de) f
• Greek: χήνα του Καναδά (el) f (chína tou Kanadá), χήνα της φυλής του Καναδά f (chína tis fylís tou Kanadá)
• Halkomelem: áx̱e
• Hungarian: kanadai lúd
• Inupiaq: Iqsraġutilik
• Irish: gé Cheanadach f
• Italian: oca del Canada f
• Japanese: カナダガン (ja) (Kanada gan)
• Korean: 캐나다기러기 (ko) (kaenadagireogi)
• Lithuanian: Kanadinė berniklė
• Montagnais: please add this translation if you can
• Naskapi: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: naalʼeełítsoh bitsiiʼ halzhinígíí
• Northern Sami: kanádačuonjá
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kanadagås m or f

  Nynorsk: kanadagås f

• Ojibwe: nika
• Polish: bernikla kanadyjska f
• Portuguese: ganso-do-canadá
• Romanian: gâscă canadiană f
• Russian: канадская казарка f (kanadskaja kazarka)
• Saanich: LOX̱ENE
• Slovene: Kanadska gos
• Spanish: barnacla canadiense f, ganso de Canadá m, ganso canadiense m
• Swedish: kanadagås (sv) c
• Turkish: Kanada kazı (tr)
• Welsh: gŵydd Canada
• Western Ojibwa: nika

Further reading

• Canada goose on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Branta canadensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Branta canadensis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons