Hedgehog in other Language

[Cool Man Exotics]

Planning to travel sometime soon? Ever wondered what name hedgehogs go by in other lands? Here is a dictionary of words for hedgehog in a variety of languages from around the world:

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Afrikaans: krimpvarkie
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Anglo-Saxon: igil or il
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Arabic: qunfud
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Bengali: kata chua (spikey mouse)
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Bulgarian: taralej
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Chinese: ci-wei (needle animal)
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Cornish: sort
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Croatian: jez
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Czech: jezek
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Danish: pindsvin
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Dutch: egel
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English: hedgehog, hedge-pig, herichun, urchin
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Finnish: siili
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French: herisson
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Gaelic: crainneag
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German: igel
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Greek: skandzohoiros
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Hebrew: kipod
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Hindi: aik parkar ka jangli chuha ("a spikey sort of mouse")
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Hungarian: sün, süni, sündisznó
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Irish: grainneog
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Korean: kosŭmdoch’i
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Italian: riccio
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Japanese: hejjihoggu or harinezumi
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Latin: erinaceus
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Maltese: Qanfud
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Mandarin Chinese: Cìweì
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Norwegian: piggsvin
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Persian: kharpusht
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Polish: jez
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Portuguese: ourico
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Punjabi: kanderala ("thorned animal")
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Romanian: arici
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Russian: ezh
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Slovenian: jez.
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Spanish: erizo
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Swahili: kalunguyeye
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Turkish: kirpi
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Swedish: igelkott
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Welsh: draenog

[vargas122]

sa philippines ya fred wla?ahehehe..jowk lng ahh..auz ahh.. ^_^

[Cool Man Exotics]

sir please do have a sense in posting or commenting!

[wcwolf]

Oct 20, 2011 19:50:04 GMT 11 vargas122 said:

sa philippines ya fred wla?ahehehe..jowk lng ahh..auz ahh.. ^_^

parkupino

[vargas122]

auz buh...^_^

[Cool Man Exotics]

Oct 24, 2011 18:42:36 GMT 11 wcwolf said:

Oct 20, 2011 19:50:04 GMT 11 vargas122 said:

sa philippines ya fred wla?ahehehe..jowk lng ahh..auz ahh.. ^_^

parkupino

sa dn mo na nakuha sir???

[nekuprocrast]

Oct 24, 2011 18:42:36 GMT 11 wcwolf said:

Oct 20, 2011 19:50:04 GMT 11 vargas122 said:

sa philippines ya fred wla?ahehehe..jowk lng ahh..auz ahh.. ^_^

parkupino

haha, nice one!