Zea mays (Common names)

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: mais, 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: koruza
  

• 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.
• Rumanian
  • porumb, cucuruz, păpuşoi; mălai is a regional name, also used for sorghum (Borza).