bird of paradise

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The first Europeans to encounter their skins were the voyagers in Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation of the Earth. Antonio Pigafetta wrote that "The people told us that those birds came from the terrestrial paradise, and they call them bolon diuata, that is to say, 'birds of God"." "Bolon diuata" appears to be closer to Malay burung (“a bird”) and dewata (“a god”).

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: ocell del paradís — bird
• Chinese Mandarin: 極樂鳥 /极乐鸟 (jílèniǎo) — bird
• Chinese Mandarin: 天堂鳥 /天堂鸟 (tiāntángniǎo) — bird
• Chinese Mandarin: 風鳥 /风鸟 (fēngniǎo) — bird
• Czech: rajka — bird
• Danish: paradisfugl — bird
• Dutch: paradijsvogel — bird
• Finnish: paratiisilintu — bird
• French: paradisier — bird
• French: oiseau de paradis — bird
• Galician: ave do paraíso — bird
• German: Paradiesvogel — bird
• Indonesian: cenderawasih — bird
• Irish: éan parthais — bird
• Italian: paradisea — bird
• Japanese: 風鳥 (fūchō) — bird
• Japanese: 極楽鳥 (gokuraku-chō) — bird
• Kala Lagaw Ya: kakayam — bird
• Kazakh: жұмақ құсы (jūmaq qūsy) — bird
• Macedonian: ра́јска пти́ца (rájska ptíca) — bird
• Malay: cenderawasih — bird
• Mongolian: энхжингийн шувуу (enxžingiin šuvuu) — bird
• Mongolian: диваажингийн шувуу (divaažingiin šuvuu) — bird
• Mongolian: жаргалант шувуу (žargalant šuvuu) — bird
• Mongolian: ᠡᠩᠬᠡᠵᠢᠨ ᠦᠨ ᠰᠢᠪᠠᠭᠤ (engkeǰin-ün sibaɣu) — bird
• Mongolian: ᠳ᠋ᠸᠠᠪᠠᠵᠠᠨ ᠦᠨ ᠰᠢᠪᠠᠭᠤ (dwabaǰan-ün sibaɣu) — bird
• Mongolian: ᠵᠢᠷᠭᠠᠯᠠᠩᠲᠤ ᠰᠢᠪᠠᠭᠤ (ǰirɣalangtu sibaɣu) — bird
• Navajo: tsídii bitʼaʼ hózhóón — bird
• Norwegian Bokmål: paradisfugl — bird
• Norwegian Nynorsk: paradisfugl — bird
• Polish: rajski ptak — bird
• Polish: cudowronka — bird
• Portuguese: ave-do-paraíso — bird
• Romanian: pasărea paradisului — bird
• Russian: ра́йская пти́ца (rájskaja ptíca) — bird
• Spanish: ave del paraíso — bird
• Swedish: paradisfågel — bird
• Tagalog: ibon ng paraiso — bird
• Tok Pisin: kumul — bird
• Tolai: kumul (specifically Raggiana bird-of-paradise) — bird
• Turkish: cennet kuşu — bird
• Ottoman Turkish: جنت قوشی (cennet kuşu) — bird
• Vietnamese: chim thiên đường — bird
• Volapük: paradit — bird
• Catalan: flor d'ocell — flower
• Chinese Mandarin: 鶴望蘭 /鹤望兰 (hèwànglán) — flower
• Chinese Mandarin: 天堂鳥花 /天堂鸟花 (tiāntángniǎo-huā) — flower
• Czech: strelicie — flower
• Finnish: kolibrikukka — flower
• Galician: ave do paraíso — flower
• German: Paradiesvogelblume — flower
• German: Strelitzie — flower
• Japanese: 極楽鳥花 (gokurakuchō-ka) — flower
• Japanese: ストレリチア (sutorerichia) — flower
• Japanese: バード オブ パラダイス (bādo obu paradaisu) — flower
• Kazakh: стрелиция (strelisiä) — flower
• Mongolian: диваажингийн шувуу (divaažingiin šuvuu) — flower
• Mongolian: ᠳ᠋ᠸᠠᠪᠠᠵᠠᠨ ᠦᠨ ᠰᠢᠪᠠᠭᠤ (dwabaǰan-ün sibaɣu) — flower
• Portuguese: estrelítzia — flower
• Romanian: pasărea paradisului — flower
• Russian: стрели́ция (strelícija) — flower
• Russian: стрели́тция (strelítcija) — flower
• Spanish: ave del paraíso — flower
• Vietnamese: thiên điểu — flower
• Vietnamese: chim thiên đường — flower