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* Icelandic:  
 
* Icelandic:  
 
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* French: maïs
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* French: maïs; blé d'Inde (Can)
 
* Italian: granoturco, granturco, mais
 
* Italian: granoturco, granturco, mais
 
* Spanish: maíz
 
* Spanish: maíz
* Catalan: blat de moro, moresc
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* Catalan: dacsa, blat de moro, moresc
 
* Portuguese: milho
 
* Portuguese: milho
 
* Romanian: porumb
 
* Romanian: porumb
  
 
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* Russian: кукуруза - ovjos [a'vjos]
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* Russian: кукуруза - kukuruza
 
* Polish: kukurydza
 
* Polish: kukurydza
 
* Czech: kukuřice
 
* Czech: kukuřice
 
* Slovak: kukurica
 
* Slovak: kukurica
* Bulgarian: царевица, кукуруз - oves
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* Bulgarian: царевица, кукуруз - carevica, kukuruz
 
* Croatian: kukuruz
 
* Croatian: kukuruz
* Serb: овас, зоб
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* Serb: кукуруз
 
* Slovenian: oves
 
* Slovenian: oves
 
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* Albanian: misër (misri with the article)
 
* Albanian: misër (misri with the article)
* Greek: βρώμη, βρόμη - vromi
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* Greek: καλαμπόκι, αραβόσιτος - kalamboki, aravositos
* Turkish: yulaf
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* Turkish: mısır
 
* Hungarian: tengeri, kukorica
 
* Hungarian: tengeri, kukorica
 
* Finnish: maissi
 
* Finnish: maissi
  
 
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*English
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*Portuguese
**The plant is oat, and the product is usually oats (plural).
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**Without a qualifier, milho is maize. With a qualifier, it may be sorghum or a millet.
*Greek
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**σιφωνάρι - sifonari in Cyprus, ταγή - tayi in Crete (Gennadios)
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Revision as of 18:13, 2 August 2011


See also:

Common names: Zea mays Microsperma Group

Common names: Zea mays Saccharata Group

Names in common use


  • English: maize (UK), corn, Indian corn (USA)
  • German: Mais
  • Dutch: maïs, turkse tarwe
  • Swedish: majs
  • Danish: majs
  • Norwegian: mais
  • Icelandic:


  • French: maïs; blé d'Inde (Can)
  • Italian: granoturco, granturco, mais
  • Spanish: maíz
  • Catalan: dacsa, blat de moro, moresc
  • Portuguese: milho
  • Romanian: porumb


  • Russian: кукуруза - kukuruza
  • Polish: kukurydza
  • Czech: kukuřice
  • Slovak: kukurica
  • Bulgarian: царевица, кукуруз - carevica, kukuruz
  • Croatian: kukuruz
  • Serb: кукуруз
  • Slovenian: oves


  • Albanian: misër (misri with the article)
  • Greek: καλαμπόκι, αραβόσιτος - kalamboki, aravositos
  • Turkish: mısır
  • Hungarian: tengeri, kukorica
  • Finnish: maissi

Sources and commentaries

  • Portuguese
    • Without a qualifier, milho is maize. With a qualifier, it may be sorghum or a millet.