Phrase guide

black-crowned night heron

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈblæk ˈkɹaʊnd ˈnaɪt ˈhɛɹən/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A medium-sized heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

night heron of both Old and New Worlds

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Nycticorax nycticorax

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: night heron, night raven

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: gewone nagreier — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Arabic: غُرَاب اللَيْل أَسْوَد التَاج (ḡurāb al-layl ʔaswad at-tāj) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Armenian: կվակվա (kvakva) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Asturian: martinete común — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Azerbaijani: adi qarıldaq — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Basque: amiltxori arrunt — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Belarusian: кваква звычайная (kvakva zvyčajnaja) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Bengali: নিশি বক (niśi bok) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Bihari: तार बकुला — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Breton: kerc'heiz-noz kein du — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Bulgarian: нощна чапла (noštna čapla) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Burmese: လင်းဝက် (lang:wak) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Carpathian Rusyn: кваква (kvakva) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Catalan: martinet de nit — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Chinese Cantonese: 夜鷺 /夜鹭 (je6 lou6) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夜鷺 /夜鹭 (yèlù) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • East Circassian: псыхэуэпщагуэ (psəxɛwɛpśagwɛ) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Czech: kvakoš noční — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Danish: nathejre — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Dhivehi: ރާބޮނދި (rābondi) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Dutch: kwak — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Esperanto: noktardeo — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Estonian: ööhaigur — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Faroese: nátthegri — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Finnish: yöhaikara — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • French: bihoreau gris — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • French: héron bihoreau — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • French: corbeau de nuit — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • West-Frisian: kwak — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • German: Nachtreiher — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Greek: νυχτοκόρακας (nychtokórakas) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Gujarati: અવાક (avāk) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Gujarati: વાક (vāk) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Hausa: namakiri — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Hawaiian: ʻaukuʻu — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Hebrew: אנפת לילה מצויה — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Hungarian: bakcsó — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Hungarian: vakvarjú — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Hungarian: kvakvarjú — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Hungarian: oláhpap — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Hungarian: kakcsó — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Hungarian: vakkánya — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Indonesian: kowak-malam abu — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Irish: corr oíche — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Italian: nitticora — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Japanese: 五位鷺 (goisagi) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Kannada: ರಾತ್ರಿ ಬಕ (rātri baka) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Kazakh: бақылдақ құтан (baqyldaq qūtan) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Korean: 해오라기 (hae'oragi) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Kyrgyz: түнчү кытан (tüncü kıtan) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Latvian: nakts gārnis — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Lithuanian: naktikovas — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Macedonian: ноќна чапја (noḱna čapja) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Macedonian: драјка (drajka) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Malay: burung puchong kuak — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Malayalam: പാതിരാക്കൊക്ക് (pātirākkokkŭ) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Marathi: रात ढोकरी (rāt ḍhokrī) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Nepali: बाँके बकुल्ला (bā̃ke bakullā) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Norwegian Bokmål: natthegre — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: natthegre — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Persian: حواصیل کاکلسیاه — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Picard: buhorioe — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Picard: bitoreau — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Picard: bihéron — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Polish: ślepowron — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Portuguese: savacu — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Portuguese: socó-dorminhoco — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Punjabi: رات دا ہیرون (rāt dā heron) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Quechua: waqwa — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Romanian: stârc de noapte — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Russian: обыкнове́нная ква́ква (obyknovénnaja kvákva) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Russian: ночна́я ца́пля (nočnája cáplja) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Slovak: chavkoš nočný — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Spanish: martinete común — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Spanish: pedrete gris — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Spanish: garza bruja — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Spanish: huairavo — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Spanish: guaco — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Spanish: huaco — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Spanish: cuaco — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Spanish: gauda (Chiloé) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Swedish: natthäger — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Tamil: இராக்கொக்கு (irākkokku) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Thai: นกแขวก — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Turkish: gece balıkçılı — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Ukrainian: квак (kvak) — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Unami: kaòkche — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Vietnamese: vạc — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Welsh: crëyr y nos — Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Yámana: túwux — Nycticorax nycticorax