Comoros

English edit

Comoros on a globe.

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

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 edit

Comoro Islands

Hypernyms edit

Subsahara

Translations edit

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