Comoros

English

Etymology

Likely borrowed via French Comores. Ultimately from Arabic جَزِيرَة القَمَر‎ (jazīra(t) al-qamar, “Island of the Moon”), later rendered Arabic جُزُرُ القَمَر‎ (juzuru l-qamar, “Islands of the Moon”); for more see the etymology of Madagascar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒm.ə.ɹoʊz/

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Proper noun

the Comoros

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

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Translations

country in Eastern Africa

• Amharic: ኮሞሮስ (komoros)
• Arabic: جُزُر اَلْقَمَر‎ f pl (juzur al-qamar)
• Armenian: Կոմորյան կղզիներ (hy) (Komoryan kłziner)
• Belarusian: Камо́рскія астравы́ m pl (Kamórskija astravý), Камо́ры m pl (Kamóry)
• Bengali: কোমোরোস (komoros)
• 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 (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 (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)

• Novial: Komoros
• 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)
• Ukrainian: Комо́рські острови́ (uk) m pl (Komórsʹki ostrový), Комо́ри m pl (Komóry)
• Vietnamese: Cô-mô-rô
• Yoruba: Kòmòrósì

See also

• 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, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Réunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, 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) [edit]}

• Comoros on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Comoros, CIA World Fact Book 2004 on Wikisource.Wikisource
• Comoros on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Atlas of Comoros on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Portal:Comoros on Wikinews.Wikinews