English
Noun
kookaburra (plural kookaburras)
- Any of several species of kingfishers in the genus Dacelo, known for their laugh-like call.
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Translations
kingfishers
- Arabic: كوكابورا
- Asturian: cucaburra m
- Belarusian: кукаба́ра f (kukabára)
- Bulgarian: кукабура f (kukabura)
- Catalan: cucaburra m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 笑翠鳥, 笑翠鸟 (xiàocuìniǎo), 柯卡布拉 (kēkǎbùlā)
- Dutch: kookaburra
- Esperanto: kukabarao
- Estonian: kuukabarra
- Finnish: nauraja (fi)
- French: kookaburra (fr) m
- Gamilaraay: gurruulga, gugaa
- German: Jägerliest m, Kookaburra m
- Greek: κουκαμπούρα n (koukampoúra)
- Guugu Yimidhirr: gugurrgaagaa
- Hebrew: קוּקברה
- Hungarian: kokabura
- Indonesian: kukabura (id)
- Irish: cúcabarra
- Italian: kookaburra m
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- Japanese: ワライカワセミ (warai kawasemi), 笑翡翠 (わらいかわせみ, warai kawasemi), 笑い翡翠 (わらいかわせみ, warai kawasemi)
- Korean: 쿠카부라 (kukabura)
- Norwegian: kokaburra
- Ossetian: кукабаррæ (kukabarræ)
- Panyjima: nhithinypa
- Persian: کوکابورا (kokâburâ)
- Polish: kukabura (pl) f
- Portuguese: kookaburra f, cucaburra f
- Punjabi: ਕੂਕਾਬਰਾ (kūkābrā)
- Russian: кукаба́ра f (kukabára), кукаба́рра (ru) f (kukabárra), кукабу́рра f (kukabúrra), гига́нтский зиморо́док m (gigántskij zimoródok)
- Slovak: kukabara f
- Spanish: cucaburra f
- Swedish: kookaburra c, kokaburra c
- Tagalog: kukabura
- Tamil: கூக்கபரா (kūkkaparā)
- Translingual: Dacelo f
- Welsh: cwcabyra m
- Western Panjabi: کوکابرا
- Wiradhuri: guuguubarra, guguburra
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References
- Dixon, R. M. W., Bruce Moore, W. S. Ramson, Mandy Thomas (2006) Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin and Meaning, 2nd ed. edition, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-554073-5, page 86
