Komodo

See also: komodo

English

Location of Komodo (pictured in red)

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian pulau Komodo (literally “Komodo Island”). The name is from the island's indigenous (Austronesian) name in Komodo, Tana Modo (“the land of Modo”), used by the native Ata Modo people.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəʊˈməʊdəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəʊˈməʊdəʊ/, /kə-/
• Rhymes: -əʊdəʊ
• Hyphenation: Ko‧mo‧do

Proper noun

Komodo

1. An island of Indonesia, part of the Lesser Sunda Islands

Derived terms

• Komodo dragon

Translations

island in Indonesia

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 科莫多岛

• German: Komodo, Komodo-Insel f
• Greek: Κομόντο n (Komónto)
• Indonesian: Komodo
• Malay: Komodo
• Marathi: कोमोदो (komodo), कोमोडो (komoḍo)
• Portuguese: Komodo f, Comodo f
• Russian: Комо́до (ru) m (Komódo)

Noun

Komodo (plural Komodos)

1. A Komodo dragon.

References

• Melalatoa, M. Junus (1995). Ensiklopedi Suku Bangsa di Indonesia: L-Z Kemdikbud hlm. 581.

Anagrams

• kodomo

Japanese

Romanization

Komodo

1. Rōmaji transcription of コモド

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Indonesian Komodo.

Proper noun

Komodo f

1. alternative spelling of Comodo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈmodo/ [koˈmo.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -odo
• Syllabification: Ko‧mo‧do

Proper noun

Komodo ?

1. Komodo

Derived terms

• dragón de Komodo