Thumbelina

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌθʌmbəˈliːnə/
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• rhymes with -iːnə
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From thumb, as a calque of Danish Tommelise, the original name created by Hans Christian Andersen.

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: ثُومْبِلِينَا (ṯūmbilīnā) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Armenian: Մատնաչափիկը (Matnačʻapʻikə) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Azerbaijani: Düyməcik — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Belarusian: Пярсьця́начка (Pjarsʹcjánačka) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Belarusian: Цалёвачка (Caljóvačka) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Bengali: থাম্বেলিনা (thambelina) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Bulgarian: Палечка (Palečka) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Catalan: Patufeta — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Catalan: Polzeta — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Catalan: Ditona — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Chinese Mandarin: 拇指姑娘 (Mǔzhǐ gūniang) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Chinese Mandarin: 小不點 /小不点 (Xiǎobùdiǎn) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Chinese Mandarin: 花蕊姑娘 (Huāruǐ gūniang) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Chinese Mandarin: 拇指公主 (Mǔzhǐ gōngzhǔ) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Chuvash: Пӳрнепи (Pürnep̬i) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Danish: Tommelise — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Dutch: Duimelijntje — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Esperanto: Fingrulino — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Estonian: Pöial-Liisi — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Finnish: Peukalo-Liisa — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• French: Poucette — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• French: Petite Poucette — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• West-Frisian: Tommelyske — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Georgian: ცეროდენა (cerodena) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• German: Däumelinchen — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• German: Däumelieschen — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Greek: Τοσοδούλα (Tosodoúla) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Hebrew: אֶצְבַּעוֹנִית (Etzba'onít) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Hungarian: Hüvelyk Panna — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Hungarian: Pöttöm Panna — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Icelandic: Þumalína — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Italian: Mignolina — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Italian: Pollicina — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Japanese: 親指姫 (Oyayubi-hime) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Kazakh: Түймеқыз (Tüimeqyz) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Korean: 엄지공주 (Eomjigongju) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Korean: 엄지 공주 (Eomji gongju) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Macedonian: Палчица (Palčica) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Mongolian: Ямх охин (Jamx oxin) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Norwegian: Tommelise — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Polish: Calineczka — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Polish: Calinka — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Polish: Calóweczka — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Polish: Paluszka — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Polish: Odrobinka — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Polish: Dziecię elfów — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Portuguese: Polegarzinha — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Romanian: Degețica — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Russian: Дюймо́вочка (Djujmóvočka) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Spanish: Pulgarcita — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Spanish: Almendrita — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Swedish: Tummelisa — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Turkish: Parmak Kız — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Ukrainian: Дюймо́вочка (Djujmóvočka) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Ukrainian: Палюше́нка (Paljušénka) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale
• Ukrainian: Мизи́ночка (Myzýnočka) — a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale