cloaca

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• klō-ā′kə
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• Received-Pronunciation: /kləʊ̯ˈeɪ̯.kə/
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• Canada, General-American: /kloʊ̯ˈeɪ̯.kə/
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• Australian: /kləʉ̯ˈæɪ̯.kə/
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• New-Zealand: /klɐʉ̯ˈæɪ̯.kə/
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• Scotland: /kloˈe.kə/
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• Scotland: /kloˈe.kʌ/
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• India: /kloːˈeː.ka/
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• rhymes with -eɪkə
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Borrowed from Latin cloāca (“sewer”), related to cluō (“cleanse; purge”), but the derivation is uncertain.

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: клоа́ка (kloáka) — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Catalan: cloaca — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 泄殖腔 (xièzhíqiāng) — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Czech: kloaka — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Dutch: cloaca — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Esperanto: kloako — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Estonian: kloaak — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Finnish: kloaakki — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• French: cloaque — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• German: Kloake — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Greek: αμάρα (amára) — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Haitian Creole: kloak — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Hebrew: בִּיב (biv) — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Hungarian: kloáka — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Ido: kloako — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Indonesian: kloaka — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Irish: clóáca — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Italian: cloaca — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Italian: fogna — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Japanese: 総排出腔 — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Japanese: 排出腔 — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Macedonian: клоака (kloaka) — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Portuguese: cloaca — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Romanian: cloacă — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Russian: клоа́ка (kloáka) — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Spanish: cloaca — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Swahili: kiloaka — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Swedish: kloaköppning — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Vietnamese: huyệt — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.
• Vietnamese: lỗ huyệt — anatomical feature of birds, reptiles, etc.