marijuana

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• General-American: /ˌmɛɹɪˈwɑ.nə/
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• General-American: /ˌmæɹ-/
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• General-American: /-ˈhwɑ-/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌmæɹɪˈwɑː.nə/
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Borrowed from Mexican Spanish marihuana, from mariguana. First attested in 1874 in the publications of Hubert Howe Bancroft. Altered by influence of a folk etymology involving the proper name María Juana (“Mary Jane”).

159 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: dagga — cannabis drug
• Afrikaans: marijuana — cannabis drug
• Albanian: marihuanë — cannabis drug
• Arabic: مَارِهْوَانَا (mārihwānā) — cannabis drug
• Arabic: حَشِيش (ḥašīš) — cannabis drug
• Arabic: بانجو (bangu) — cannabis drug
• Arabic: حشيش (ḥašīš) — cannabis drug
• Tunisian Arabic: زطلة (zaṭla) — cannabis drug
• Armenian: մարիխուանա (marixuana) — cannabis drug
• Armenian: պլան (plan) — cannabis drug
• Armenian: կանեփ (kanepʻ) — cannabis drug
• Azerbaijani: esrar — cannabis drug
• Azerbaijani: marixuana — cannabis drug
• Azerbaijani: nəşə — cannabis drug
• Belarusian: марыхуа́на (maryxuána) — cannabis drug
• Bengali: গাঁজা (gãja) — cannabis drug
• Bulgarian: марихуа́на (marihuána) — cannabis drug
• Burmese: ဘင်း (bhang:) — cannabis drug
• Burmese: ဆေးခြောက် (hce:hkrauk) — cannabis drug
• Burmese: မူယစ်ဆေး (muyachce:) — cannabis drug
• Burmese: ဂန်ဂျာ (gan-gya) — cannabis drug
• Catalan: marihuana — cannabis drug
• Chinese Cantonese: 大麻 (daai6 maa4) — cannabis drug
• Chinese: 大麻 (zh-min-nan) — cannabis drug
• Chinese Mandarin: 大麻 (dàmá) — cannabis drug
• Czech: marihuana — cannabis drug
• Danish: marijuana — cannabis drug
• Dutch: marihuana — cannabis drug
• Dhivehi: ގަންޖާ (gan̊jā) — cannabis drug
• Esperanto: mariĥuano — cannabis drug
• Estonian: marihuaana — cannabis drug
• Finnish: marihuana — cannabis drug
• French: marijuana — cannabis drug
• French: marihuana — cannabis drug
• Galician: marihuana — cannabis drug
• Georgian: მარიხუანა (marixuana) — cannabis drug
• German: Marihuana — cannabis drug
• German: Haschisch — cannabis drug
• Greek: μαριχουάνα (marichouána) — cannabis drug
• Gujarati: ગાંજો (gā̃jo) — cannabis drug
• Hausa: ganye — cannabis drug
• Hawaiian: paka lōlō — cannabis drug
• Hebrew: מָרִיחוּאָנָה (marikhu'ána) — cannabis drug
• Hindi: गांजा (gāñjā) — cannabis drug
• Hindi: मारिजुआना (mārijuānā) — cannabis drug
• Hungarian: marihuána — cannabis drug
• Hungarian: kender — cannabis drug
• Icelandic: marijúana — cannabis drug
• Icelandic: gras — cannabis drug
• Indonesian: ganja — cannabis drug
• Italian: erba — cannabis drug
• Italian: marijuana — cannabis drug
• Japanese: マリワナ (mariwana) — cannabis drug
• Japanese: マリファナ (marifana) — cannabis drug
• Japanese: ガンジャ (ganja) — cannabis drug
• Kannada: ಗಾಂಜಾ (gāñjā) — cannabis drug
• Kazakh: марихуана (marixuana) — cannabis drug
• Kazakh: наша (naşa) — cannabis drug
• Khmer: កញ្ឆា (kɑɑkɑñchaa) — cannabis drug
• Korean: 마리화나 (marihwana) — cannabis drug
• Korean: 대마 (daema) — cannabis drug
• Kyrgyz: марихуана (marihuana) — cannabis drug
• Kyrgyz: наша (naşa) — cannabis drug
• Lakota: pȟežíšiča — cannabis drug
• Lakota: čhaŋlí šiča — cannabis drug
• Lao: ກັນຊາ (kan sā) — cannabis drug
• Latin: cannabis — cannabis drug
• Latvian: marihuāna — cannabis drug
• Latvian: kaņepe — cannabis drug
• Lithuanian: marihuana — cannabis drug
• Lithuanian: kanapė — cannabis drug
• Macedonian: марихуа́на (marihuána) — cannabis drug
• Malay: ganja — cannabis drug
• Maltese: marijuana — cannabis drug
• Māori: taru rauhea — cannabis drug
• Māori: tarukino — cannabis drug
• Navajo: naakai binátʼoh — cannabis drug
• Nepali: गाँजा (gā̃jā) — cannabis drug
• Norwegian Bokmål: marihuana — cannabis drug
• Norwegian Bokmål: hasjisj — cannabis drug
• Norwegian Bokmål: hasj — cannabis drug
• Norwegian Nynorsk: marihuana — cannabis drug
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hasjisj — cannabis drug
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hasj — cannabis drug
• Persian: شاهدانه (šâh-dâne) — cannabis drug
• Persian: ماریجوانا (mâri-juânâ) — cannabis drug
• Persian: ماریجوانا (mârijuânâ) — cannabis drug
• Persian: علف ('alaf) — cannabis drug
• Polish: marihuana — cannabis drug
• Portuguese: maconha — cannabis drug
• Punjabi: ਗਾਂਜਾ (gāñjā) — cannabis drug
• Romanian: marijuana — cannabis drug
• Russian: марихуа́на (marixuána) — cannabis drug
• Russian: план (plan) — cannabis drug
• Russian: анаша́ (anašá) — cannabis drug
• Sanskrit: गञ्जा (gañjā) — cannabis drug
• Scottish Gaelic: cainb — cannabis drug
• Serbo-Croatian: марихуана — cannabis drug
• Serbo-Croatian: marihuana — cannabis drug
• Slovak: marihuana — cannabis drug
• Slovene: marihuana — cannabis drug
• Spanish: marihuana — cannabis drug
• Spanish: mariguana — cannabis drug
• Spanish: bayer — cannabis drug
• Swahili: bangi — cannabis drug
• Tagalog: marihuwana — cannabis drug
• Tagalog: tsongke — cannabis drug
• Tagalog: marijuana — cannabis drug
• Tajik: нашъа (naš'a) — cannabis drug
• Tajik: марихуана (marixuana) — cannabis drug
• Tamil: கஞ்சா (kañcā) — cannabis drug
• Telugu: గంజాయి (gañjāyi) — cannabis drug
• Thai: กัญชา (gan-chaa) — cannabis drug
• Turkish: esrar — cannabis drug
• Ukrainian: марихуа́на (maryxuána) — cannabis drug
• Urdu: گانجا (gānjā) — cannabis drug
• Urdu: بھنگ (bhaṅg) — cannabis drug
• Urdu: بھانگ (bhāṅg) — cannabis drug
• Urdu: شاہدانہ (śāh-dāna) — cannabis drug
• Urdu: حشیش (haśīś) — cannabis drug
• Urdu: بنگ (baṅg) — cannabis drug
• Urdu: قنب (qunnib) — cannabis drug
• Uzbek: marixuana — cannabis drug
• Uzbek: nasha — cannabis drug
• Vietnamese: cần sa — cannabis drug
• Vietnamese: marijuana — cannabis drug
• Yiddish: מעראַוואַנאַ (meravana) — cannabis drug
• Yiddish: מאַריכואַנע (marikhuane) — cannabis drug
• Zulu: insangu — cannabis drug
• Afrikaans: daggaplant — cannabis plant
• Arabic: قِنَّب هِنْدِيّ (qinnab hindiyy) — cannabis plant
• Chinese Cantonese: 大麻 (daai6 maa4) — cannabis plant
• Chinese: 大麻 (zh-min-nan) — cannabis plant
• Chinese Mandarin: 大麻 (dàmá) — cannabis plant
• Chinese Mandarin: 線麻 /线麻 (xiànmá) — cannabis plant
• Coptic: ⲉⲣⲃⲓⲥⲓ (erbisi) — cannabis plant
• Czech: konopí — cannabis plant
• Danish: cannabis — cannabis plant
• Esperanto: kanabo — cannabis plant
• Finnish: hamppu — cannabis plant
• German: Hanf — cannabis plant
• German: Cannabis — cannabis plant
• Greek: κάνναβη (kánnavi) — cannabis plant
• Ancient Greek: κάνναβις (kánnabis) — cannabis plant
• Hawaiian: paka lōlō — cannabis plant
• Latin: cannabis — cannabis plant
• Māori: taru rauhea — cannabis plant
• Norwegian Bokmål: hamp — cannabis plant
• Norwegian Bokmål: cannabis — cannabis plant
• Norwegian Bokmål: kannabis — cannabis plant
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hamp — cannabis plant
• Norwegian Nynorsk: cannabis — cannabis plant
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kannabis — cannabis plant
• Réunion Creole French: zamal — cannabis plant
• Scottish Gaelic: cainb — cannabis plant
• Scottish Gaelic: còrcach — cannabis plant
• Slovak: konopa — cannabis plant
• Spanish: cáñamo — cannabis plant
• Thai: กัญชา (gan-chaa) — cannabis plant