Comoros

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Likely borrowed via French Comores. Ultimately from Arabic جَزِيرَة القَمَر (jazīrat al-qamar, “island of the moon”); for more see the etymology of Madagascar.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈkɒm.ə.ɹoʊz/
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Proper nounEdit

the Comoros

An island country in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Eastern Africa. Official name: Union of the Comoros
An archipelago consisting of the Union of the Comoros and the French overseas department of Mayotte

SynonymsEdit

Comoro Islands

HypernymsEdit

Subsahara

TranslationsEdit

country in Eastern Africa

Amharic: ኮሞሮስ (komoros)
Arabic: جُزُر الْقُمُر‎ (juzur al-qumur)
Armenian: Կոմորյան կղզիներ (hy) (Komoryan kłziner)
Azerbaijani: Komor adaları
Belarusian: Камо́рскія астравы́ m pl (Kamórskija astravý), Камо́ры m pl (Kamóry)
Bengali: কোমোরোস (bn) (komoroś)
Breton: Komorez
Bulgarian: Комори pl (Komori), Коморски острови pl (Komorski ostrovi)
Burmese: ကိုမိုရို (kuimuirui)
Catalan: Comores (ca) f pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 科摩羅 (zh), 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)

Japanese: コモロ (ja) (Komoro)
Khmer: កូម័រ (km) (koumɔə)
Korean: 코모로 (ko) (Komoro)
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 (kōmōr)
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