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Barbary lion

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of the North African population, now extinct in the wild, of the lion subspecies Panthera leo leo.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

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23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: lleó de l'Atles — Panthera leo leo
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巴巴裡獅 /巴巴里狮 (Bābālǐ shī) — Panthera leo leo
  • Danish: Atlasløve — Panthera leo leo
  • Dutch: Berberleeuw — Panthera leo leo
  • Dutch: Atlasleeuw — Panthera leo leo
  • Dutch: Barabijse leeuw — Panthera leo leo
  • Finnish: atlasleijona — Panthera leo leo
  • French: lion de barbarie — Panthera leo leo
  • French: lion de l'Atlas — Panthera leo leo
  • German: Berberlöwe — Panthera leo leo
  • German: Atlaslöwe — Panthera leo leo
  • German: Nubischer Löwe — Panthera leo leo
  • Italian: leone dell'Atlante — Panthera leo leo
  • Italian: leone berbero — Panthera leo leo
  • Korean: 바버리사자 (babeorisaja) — Panthera leo leo
  • Norwegian Bokmål: berberløve — Panthera leo leo
  • Portuguese: leão-do-atlas — Panthera leo leo
  • Romanian: leu berber — Panthera leo leo
  • Russian: бербери́йский лев (berberíjskij lev) — Panthera leo leo
  • Russian: барбари́йский лев (barbaríjskij lev) — Panthera leo leo
  • Spanish: león del Atlas — Panthera leo leo
  • Spanish: león bárbaro — Panthera leo leo
  • Spanish: león de Berbería — Panthera leo leo