dahlia

See also Dahlia

English

Wikipedia

Wikispecies

A dahlia flower

Etymology

Named 1791 by Spanish botanist Antonio José Cavanilles for Anders Dahl.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdɑːlɪə/, /ˈdeɪlɪə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːliə, -eɪliə

Noun

dahlia (plural dahlias)

1. Any plant of the genus Dahlia, tuberous perennial flowering plants native to Mexico.

Translations

any plant of the genus Dahlia

• Arabic: داليا (dāliyyā) m
• Bengali: ডালিয়া (bn) (ḑalia)
• Bulgarian: далия f, гергина f
• Burmese: ဒေလီယာ (my) (dèi-lì-yà)
• Catalan: dàlia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大麗花 (cmn), 大丽花 (cmn) (dàlìhuā)

• Dutch: dahlia (nl)
• Esperanto: dalio
• Finnish: daalia (fi)
• French: dahlia (fr) m
• German: Dahlie (de) f
• Greek: ντάλια (el) (dália) f

• Hungarian: dália (hu)
• Italian: dalia (it) f
• Japanese: ダリア (ja) (daria)
• Lithuanian: jurginas (lt) m
• Polish: dalia (pl)
• Portuguese: dália (pt) f
• Romanian: dalie (ro) f, gherghină (ro) f
• Russian: георгин (ru) (georgín) m
• Samogitian: jorgėns m
• Slovene: dalija (sl) f
• Spanish: dalia (es) f
• Urdu: ڈہلیا (ḍahlīyā)
• Volapük: daliad (vo)

References

• “dahlia” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).