Kangaroo

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 See also

English

Pronunciation

[,kæŋgə'ru:]

Etymology

From Guugu Yimidhirr (Aboriginal language) gangurru meaning a large grey or black kangaroo.

In a widely circulating myth Captain Cook is supposed to have asked a native "What is that?" to which the reply "kangaroo", meaning "I don't understand" was given. This story, although amusing, is completely untrue.

Noun

kangaroo (kangaroos )

1. Member of a family of large marsupials, mainly found in Australia.

Related terms

• roo
• kangaroo court
• tree kangaroo

Translations

• Albanian: kangur
• Basque: kanguru
• Bosnian: kengur m
• Catalan: cangur m
• Chinese: 袋鼠 (dàishǔ)
• Dutch: kangoeroe m
• Estonian: känguru
• Finnish: kenguru
• French: kangourou m
• Frisian: kangoeroe m
• German: Känguruh m
• Greek: καγκουρό n (kangouro)
• Indonesian: kangguru
• Interlingua: kanguru
• Italian: canguro
• Japanese: カンガルー (kangarū)
• Korean: 캥거루 (kaenggeoru)
• Lithuanian: kengūra f
• Polish: kangur m, kangurzyca f
• Portuguese: canguru m
• Romanian: cangur
• Russian: кенгуру m (kenguru)
• Slovak: klokan m (1)
• Slovene: kenguru m, klokan m
• Spanish: canguro
• Swedish: känguru c (1)
• Turkish: kanguru

See also

• joey
• marsupial
• wallaby