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Cat in Other Languages
A cat by any other name is still a kitty
MetPet.com Staff Writer
The popular and widespread
cat has similar-sounding names in many languages. The original may be the Arabic.
Here is a sampling:
Armenian - catt
Arabic - quttah
Bulgarian - kotka
Catalan - gat
Celtic - cat
Cornish - cath
Czech - kocka
Danish - kat
Dutch - kat
Egyptian - kut
Finnish - katti
French - chat
Gaelic - cat
German - katze
Greek - gatta
Hebrew - chasul
Hindustani - katas
Hungarian - kaczer
Italian - gatto
Japanese - neko
Latin - catus
Lithuanian - kate
Norwegian - kat
Polish - kot
Portuguese - kot
Russian - kotchka
Scottish - catti
Spanish - gato
Swedish - katt
Swiss - kaz
Turkish - keti
Ukranian - kotuk
Welsh - cath |
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