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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.)