guava

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• US: /ˈɡwɑːvə/
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Etymology tree Taíno *wayababor. Spanish guayababor. English guava Recorded since 1555, from Spanish guayaba, from Taíno *wayaba. Doublet of guayaba, which is now rare or obsolete.

196 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Antillean Creole: goyavié — tree or shrub
• Antillean Creole: goyavyé — tree or shrub
• Antillean Creole: goyaviè — tree or shrub
• Antillean Creole: goyavyè — tree or shrub
• Aukan: ngobaya — tree or shrub
• Central Bikol: bayawas — tree or shrub
• Bulgarian: гуа́ва (guáva) — tree or shrub
• Burmese: မာလကာပင် (mala.kapang) — tree or shrub
• Caribbean Hindustani: gobha — tree or shrub
• Caribbean Hindustani: amrud — tree or shrub
• Caribbean Hindustani: safari — tree or shrub
• Chinese Cantonese: 番石榴 — tree or shrub
• Chinese: 林菝仔 (zh-min-nan) — tree or shrub
• Chinese: 菝仔 (zh-min-nan) — tree or shrub
• Chinese Mandarin: 番石榴 (fānshíliú) — tree or shrub
• Chinese Mandarin: 芭樂 /芭乐 (bālè) — tree or shrub
• Chinese Mandarin: 雞矢果 /鸡矢果 (jīshǐguǒ) — tree or shrub
• Chinese Mandarin: 巴拉 (bālā) — tree or shrub
• Chinese Mandarin: 芭拉 (bālā) — tree or shrub
• Danish: guava — tree or shrub
• Dutch: guave — tree or shrub
• Dutch: guaveboom — tree or shrub
• Dutch: guavestruik — tree or shrub
• Dutch: goejave — tree or shrub
• Esperanto: gujavujo — tree or shrub
• Esperanto: gujavarbo — tree or shrub
• Finnish: guava — tree or shrub
• French: goyavier — tree or shrub
• German: Guave — tree or shrub
• German: Guavenbaum — tree or shrub
• Greek: δέντρο γκουάβα (déntro gkouáva) — tree or shrub
• Hindi: अमरूद (amrūd) — tree or shrub
• Hindi: अमरूत (amrūt) — tree or shrub
• Hungarian: gujávafa — tree or shrub
• Ido: guyaviero — tree or shrub
• Isan: บักสีดา (bàk-sǐi-daa) — tree or shrub
• Isan: หมากสีดา (màak-sǐi-daa) — tree or shrub
• Italian: guaiava — tree or shrub
• Italian: guava — tree or shrub
• Caribbean Javanese: dyambu klutuk — tree or shrub
• Caribbean Javanese: dyambu bidji — tree or shrub
• Kannada: ಪೇರಲ (pērala) — tree or shrub
• Kannada: ಚೇಪೆ (cēpe) — tree or shrub
• Kannada: ಸೀಬೆ (sībe) — tree or shrub
• Kari'na: kujapa — tree or shrub
• Lokono: mariaba — tree or shrub
• Lokono: marhiaba — tree or shrub
• Malayalam: പേര (pēra) — tree or shrub
• Māori: kuawa — tree or shrub
• Classical Nahuatl: xālxococuahuitl — tree or shrub
• Tetelcingo-Nahuatl: xoxococuabi̱tl — tree or shrub
• Polish: guawa — tree or shrub
• Portuguese: goiabeira — tree or shrub
• Punjabi: ਅਮਰੂਦ (amarūd) — tree or shrub
• Réunion Creole French: goyavié — tree or shrub
• Russian: гуа́ва (guáva) — tree or shrub
• Saramaccan: gujába — tree or shrub
• Spanish: guayabo — tree or shrub
• Sranan Tongo: guyaba — tree or shrub
• Swahili: mpera — tree or shrub
• Tamil: கொய்யா (koyyā) — tree or shrub
• Telugu: జామ (jāma) — tree or shrub
• Telugu: జామచెట్టు (jāmaceṭṭu) — tree or shrub
• Central Thai: ฝรั่ง (fà-ràng) — tree or shrub
• Southern Thai: ชมพู่ (chom-pûu) — tree or shrub
• Turkish: guava — tree or shrub
• Ulwa (Nicaragua): burimak — tree or shrub
• Vietnamese: ổi — tree or shrub
• Wayana: takamalama imë — tree or shrub
• Afrikaans: koejawel — fruit
• Albanian: gujava — fruit
• Antillean Creole: goya — fruit
• Antillean Creole: goyav — fruit
• Arabic: جوافة (jawāfa, juwāfa) — fruit
• Arabic: جوافة (gawafa) — fruit
• Arabic: جوافة (jawāfa) — fruit
• Arabic: جَوَّافة (jawwāfa) — fruit
• Armenian: գուավա (guava) — fruit
• Assamese: মধুৰি (modhuri) — fruit
• Assamese: মধুৰি আম (modhuri am) — fruit
• Assamese: সঁফুৰি আম (xõphuri am) — fruit
• Assamese: মুহৰী (muhori) — fruit
• Atayal: bwal — fruit
• Bengali: পেয়ারা (peẏara) — fruit
• Central Bikol: bayawas — fruit
• Bulgarian: гуа́ва (guáva) — fruit
• Burmese: မာလကာသီး (mala.kasi:) — fruit
• Catalan: guaiaba — fruit
• Cebuano: bayabas — fruit
• Chinese Cantonese: 番石榴 — fruit
• Chinese: 林菝仔 (zh-min-nan) — fruit
• Chinese: 菝仔 (zh-min-nan) — fruit
• Chinese Mandarin: 番石榴 (fānshíliú) — fruit
• Chinese Mandarin: 芭樂 /芭乐 (bālè) — fruit
• Chinese Mandarin: 雞矢果 /鸡矢果 (jīshǐguǒ) — fruit
• Chinese Mandarin: 巴拉 (bālā) — fruit
• Chinese Mandarin: 芭拉 (bālā) — fruit
• Ngazidja Comorian: pera — fruit
• Czech: guava — fruit
• Danish: guava — fruit
• Dutch: guave — fruit
• Esperanto: gujavo — fruit
• Finnish: guava — fruit
• French: goyave — fruit
• Galician: guiaba — fruit
• German: Guave — fruit
• Greek: γκουάβα (gkouáva) — fruit
• Hausa: goba — fruit
• Hebrew: גויאבה (guyava) — fruit
• Hiligaynon: bayabas — fruit
• Hindi: अमरूद (amrūd) — fruit
• Hindi: अमरूत (amrūt) — fruit
• Hungarian: gujáva — fruit
• Ido: guyavo — fruit
• Ilocano: bayabas — fruit
• Indonesian: jambu batu — fruit
• Indonesian: jambu biji — fruit
• Irish: guábha — fruit
• Isan: บักสีดา (bàk-sǐi-daa) — fruit
• Isan: หมากสีดา (màak-sǐi-daa) — fruit
• Italian: guava — fruit
• Italian: guaiava — fruit
• Japanese: グアバ (guaba) — fruit
• Japanese: グアヴァ (guava) — fruit
• Javanese: jambu kluthuk — fruit
• Kannada: ಪೇರಲ (pērala) — fruit
• Kannada: ಚೇಪೆಹಣ್ಣು (cēpehaṇṇu) — fruit
• Kannada: ಸೀಬೆಹಣ್ಣು (sībehaṇṇu) — fruit
• Kapampangan: biabas — fruit
• Khmer: ត្របែក (trɑbaek) — fruit
• Kinaray-a: bayabas — fruit
• Konkani: पेरु (pēru) — fruit
• Korean: 구아바 (guaba) — fruit
• Lao: ຫມາກສີດາ (māk sī dā) — fruit
• Lokono: maliaba — fruit
• Lokono: wayaba — fruit
• Lutuv: maakalaw — fruit
• Malagasy: goavy — fruit
• Malay: jambu batu — fruit
• Malay: jambu biawas — fruit
• Brunei Malay: biabas — fruit
• Malayalam: പേരയ്ക്ക (pēraykka) — fruit
• Māori: kuāwa — fruit
• Marathi: पेरू (perū) — fruit
• Mongolian: ягаан жүржлэг (jagaan žüržleg) — fruit
• Mongolian: гуава (guava) — fruit
• Mongolian: шарсан жимс (šarsan žims) — fruit
• Mongolian: ᠶᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠵᠦᠷᠵᠢᠯᠢᠭ (yaɣan ǰürǰilig) — fruit
• Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠷᠠᠰᠤᠨ ᠵᠢᠮᠢᠰ (sirasun ǰimis) — fruit
• Khiamniungan Naga: ūpīo-īuh — fruit
• Classical Nahuatl: xālxocotl — fruit
• Highland Puebla Nahuatl: xa̱lxocot — fruit
• Mecayapan Nahuatl: xa̱lxocoꞌ — fruit
• Michoacán Nahuatl: xalxocul — fruit
• Northern Puebla Nahuatl: xalxocotl — fruit
• Tetelcingo-Nahuatl: xoxocotl — fruit
• Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: xalxocotl — fruit
• Norwegian: guava — fruit
• Odia: ପିଜୁଡ଼ି (pijuṛi) — fruit
• Pacoh: triêng — fruit
• Pangasinan: bayawas — fruit
• Persian: گواوا (guâvâ) — fruit
• Persian: امرود (amrud) — fruit
• Polish: gujawa — fruit
• Polish: guawa — fruit
• Portuguese: goiaba — fruit
• Punjabi: ਅਮਰੂਦ (amarūd) — fruit
• Quechua: sawintu — fruit
• Rakhine: ဂိုယံသီး — fruit
• Rapa Nui: tūava — fruit
• Russian: гуа́ва (guáva) — fruit
• Slovak: guajava — fruit
• Somali: saytuun — fruit
• Spanish: guayaba — fruit
• Swahili: pera — fruit
• Swedish: guava — fruit
• Tagalog: bayabas — fruit
• Tai Dón: ꪮꪴꪥꫂ — fruit
• Tamil: கொய்யா (koyyā) — fruit
• Telugu: జామపండు (jāmapaṇḍu) — fruit
• Central Thai: ฝรั่ง (fà-ràng) — fruit
• Southern Thai: ชมพู่ (chom-pûu) — fruit
• Tigrinya: ዘይቱን (zäytun) — fruit
• Tongan: kuava — fruit
• Tsonga: kijawa — fruit
• Turkish: guava — fruit
• Ukrainian: гуая́ва (huajáva) — fruit
• Ukrainian: гуа́ва (huáva) — fruit
• Urdu: امرود (amrūd) — fruit
• Urdu: امروت (amrūt) — fruit
• Urdu: جام (jām) — fruit
• Vietnamese: ổi — fruit
• Welsh: gwafa — fruit
• Wolof: guyaab — fruit
• Yonaguni: バンシル (baŋshiru) — fruit
• Zulu: ugwava class 1a/2a — fruit