Phrase guide

king cobra

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A large venomous snake found in East Asia (Ophiophagus hannah), the longest venomous snake in the world.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hamadryad, Ophiophagus hannah, Naja hannah

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cobra

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Assamese: ডাঁহী (dãhi) — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Basque: errege-kobra — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Bengali: শঙ্খচূড় (śoṅkhocuṛ) — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Bulgarian: кралска кобра (kralska kobra) — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Catalan: cobra reial — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Cebuano: banakon — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Chinese Mandarin: 眼鏡王蛇 /眼镜王蛇 (yǎnjìng wángshé) — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Danish: kongekobra — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Dutch: koningscobra — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Estonian: kuningkobra — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Finnish: kuningaskobra — Ophiophagus hannah
  • French: cobra royal — Ophiophagus hannah
  • German: Königskobra — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Hungarian: királykobra — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Indonesian: ular anang — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Irish: rí-chobra — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Italian: cobra reale — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Korean: 킹코브라 (kingkobeura) — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Norwegian: kongekobra — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Polish: kobra królewska — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Portuguese: cobra-real — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Russian: короле́вская ко́бра (korolévskaja kóbra) — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Spanish: cobra real — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Swedish: kungskobra — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Thai: จงอาง (jong-aang) — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Turkish: kral kobra — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Ukrainian: королі́вська ко́бра (korolívsʹka kóbra) — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Vietnamese: hổ mang chúa — Ophiophagus hannah
  • Vietnamese: rắn hổ mang chúa — Ophiophagus hannah