“Lion” is a majestic and powerful animal, often symbolizing strength and courage across various cultures. It’s fascinating to see how this magnificent creature is named in different languages. Here is a list of how to say “lion” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Luan | Pronunciation: Loo-an
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – أسد (Asad) | Pronunciation: A-sad
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Առյուծ (Aryuts) | Pronunciation: Ar-yuts
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Şir | Pronunciation: Shir
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Lehoi | Pronunciation: Leh-ho-ee
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Леў (Leŭ) | Pronunciation: Lyev
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – সিংহ (Singha) | Pronunciation: Singh-ha
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Lav | Pronunciation: Lav
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Лъв (Lŭv) | Pronunciation: Luv
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Lleó | Pronunciation: Lye-oh
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Lev | Pronunciation: Lev
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Løve | Pronunciation: Lø-ve
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Leeuw | Pronunciation: Lay-oo
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Lion | Pronunciation: Lye-un
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Lõvi | Pronunciation: Luh-vee
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – شیر (Shir) | Pronunciation: Sheer
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Leijona | Pronunciation: Lay-yo-na
- French (🇫🇷) – Lion | Pronunciation: Lee-ohn
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ლომი (Lomi) | Pronunciation: Loh-mee
- German (🇩🇪) – Löwe | Pronunciation: Luh-ve
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Λιοντάρι (Liondári) | Pronunciation: Lee-on-da-ree
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – אריה (Ari) | Pronunciation: Ah-ree
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – शेर (Sher) | Pronunciation: Sher
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Oroszlán | Pronunciation: O-ros-lan
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Ljón | Pronunciation: Lyo-n
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Singa | Pronunciation: Sing-ah
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Leon | Pronunciation: Leh-on
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Leone | Pronunciation: Leh-oh-neh
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – ライオン (Raion) | Pronunciation: Rye-on
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Арыстан (Arystan) | Pronunciation: Ah-ris-tan
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – តោ (Tao) | Pronunciation: Tao
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 사자 (Saja) | Pronunciation: Sa-ja
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Şêr | Pronunciation: Sher
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Арстан (Arstan) | Pronunciation: Ar-stan
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ເສືອ (Seua) | Pronunciation: Sëua
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Lauva | Pronunciation: Lau-va
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Liūtas | Pronunciation: Lyoo-tas
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Léiw | Pronunciation: Layv
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Лав (Lav) | Pronunciation: Lav
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Singa | Pronunciation: Sing-ah
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Iljun | Pronunciation: Il-yoon
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 狮子 (Shīzi) | Pronunciation: Shi-zuh
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – सिंह (Sinh) | Pronunciation: Sinh
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Арслан (Arslan) | Pronunciation: Ar-slan
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – सिंह (Singh) | Pronunciation: Singh
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Løve | Pronunciation: Luh-ve
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – زمری (Zmary) | Pronunciation: Zmar-ee
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Lew | Pronunciation: Lev
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Leão | Pronunciation: Lay-ow
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Leu | Pronunciation: Lay-oo
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Лев (Lev) | Pronunciation: Lyev
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Лав (Lav) | Pronunciation: Lav
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – සිංහයා (Sinhaya) | Pronunciation: Sin-ha-ya
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Lev | Pronunciation: Lev
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Lev | Pronunciation: Lev
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Libaax | Pronunciation: Lee-bah
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – León | Pronunciation: Lay-on
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Simba | Pronunciation: Sim-bah
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Lejon | Pronunciation: Lay-on
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Шер (Sher) | Pronunciation: Sher
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – சிங்கம் (Cingam) | Pronunciation: Sing-gam
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – సింహం (Simham) | Pronunciation: Sim-ham
- Thai (🇹🇭) – สิงโต (Singto) | Pronunciation: Sing-toh
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Aslan | Pronunciation: As-lan
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Лев (Lev) | Pronunciation: Lev
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – شیر (Sher) | Pronunciation: Sher
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Sher | Pronunciation: Sher
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Sư tử | Pronunciation: Su-tu
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Llew | Pronunciation: Llew
- Zulu (🇿🇦) – Ingonyama | Pronunciation: In-go-nyah-ma