פֿלאַמינגאָ

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese flamingo. Compare German Flamingo, Russian флами́нго (flamíngo), and so on.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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פֿלאַמינגאָ (flamingom, plural פֿלאַמינגאָס (flamingos)

  1. flamingo (wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae)

References

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  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “flamingo”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN