Definition
Large, barrel-shaped African mammals that live in rivers and lakes and are surprisingly fast runners despite their enormous size.
Etymology
From Greek 'hippopotamos' (hippo- = horse, potamos = river), literally 'river horse.' The Greeks named them this because of their aquatic habitat, though they're actually more closely related to pigs and whales.
Kelly Says
Hippos are so dangerous that they're responsible for more deaths in Africa than lions—despite being herbivores—because they're extremely territorial and unexpectedly fast at 30 mph!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አንበሳ ውሃ
an-be-sa u-wa
ARالعربية
فيل النهر
fil an-nah-r
BNবাংলা
গাইপোপোটামাস
gai-po-po-ta-mas
CACatalà
hipòpotam
hi-po-po-tam
CSČeština
Hippopotamy
hip-po-po-ta-my
DADansk
nilsæler
neels-ay-ler
ELΕλληνικά
υποπόταμος
hee-po-po-tamos
ESEspañol
hipopótamos
hee-poh-poh-tah-mos
FISuomi
nileinil
ni-le-in-il
FRFrançais
hippopotames
ee-poh-po-taam
GUGU
હાઈપોપોટામસ
hai-po-po-ta-mas
HAHA
kuda ruwa
ku-da ru-wa
HEעברית
סוסי נהר
sos-ee na-har
HIहिन्दी
हाइपोपोटेमस
hai-po-po-tem-as
HUMagyar
nilszarvas
nil-sar-vas
IDBahasa Indonesia
kuda nil
ku-da nil
ITItaliano
ippopotami
ee-pop-po-ta-mee
JA日本語
ハイポポタマス
hai-po-po-ta-masu
KO한국어
하이포포타무스
hai-po-po-ta-mu-seu
MRMR
हाइपोपोटेमस
hai-po-po-tem-as
MSBahasa Melayu
kuda nil
ku-da nil
NLNederlands
olifanten
o-li-fan-ten
NONorsk
nilsæler
neils-ay-ler
PAPA
ਹਾਈਪੋਪੋਟਾਮਸ
hai-po-po-ta-mas
PLPolski
hipopotam
hi-po-po-tam
PTPortuguês
hipopótamos
hee-poh-poh-tah-mos
RORomână
hipopotami
hi-po-po-ta-mee
RUРусский
гиппопотам
gi-po-po-tam
SVSvenska
flodhästar
flod-ha-star
SWKiswahili
kifaru
ki-fa-ru
TAதமிழ்
நதி யானை
na-thi ya-nai
TEతెలుగు
నది గుర్రం
na-di gur-ram
TRTürkçe
hipopotalar
hi-po-po-ta-lar
UKУкраїнська
гіпопотам
hi-po-po-tam
URاردو
نهر گھوڑا
na-har gho-ra
VITiếng Việt
khỉ voi
khee voi