A World of Dragons

Ever wanted to know what dragons were called in other languages? ...Hmmmph. Well, I did.

African: Nrgwenya

 Aztec: Quetzalcoatl (actualy a feathered serpent god)

 Chinese: Lung

 Danish: Drage

 Dutch: Draak

 English: Dragon

 Faeroese: Eitt Dreki, Eitt Flogdreki, Ein Fraenarormur

 Finnish: Lohikaarme, (iso-latin) Lohikiirme

 French: Dragon (m)

Gaelic (unknown dialect): Dreugan

 German: Drache (pl. Drachen), Lindwurm (pl. Lindwuermer), (maybe) Tracho, Dracho

 Greek: Drakon Serpent, Drako, also Ketos (sea dragon)

 Hawaiian: Kelekona (pl. Na Kelekona)

 Hebrew: Drakon (pl. Drakonim)

 Hungarian: Sarkany

 Icelandic: Dreki

Irish: Dragún

 Islamic: Th’uban, Tinnin

 Italian: Drago, Dragone, Volante, Dragonessa

Japanese: Ryu, Tatsu

 Latin: Draco, Serpent, Dracon, Draco Serpent, Dragon

 Maori: Tarakona

 Middle English: Dragon, Dragoun

 Norse: Ormr

 Norwegian: Drake, Dragonet, Liten Drake

Old French: Dragun, Dragon

 Polish: Smok

 Portugese: Dragao

 Roman: Draco

 Romanian: Dracul

 Russian: Drakon

Scottish Gaelic: Dràgon

Serbian: Zmaj

Spanish: Dragón

 Swedish: Drake, Draken, Lindorm

 Welsh: Draig

(I'm pretty sure about most of these. If you know better than me, or have one I don't, I would love you to tell me about it.)

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