macaw

English

A macaw.

Alternative forms

• maccaw, macao (obsolete)

Etymology

From Portuguese macau, of unknown origin. English sources point to Nheengatu makawana, which is only attested from the 20th century onwards.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məˈkɔː/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /məˈkɑ/, /məˈkɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔː

Noun

macaw (plural macaws)

1. Any of various parrots of the genera Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca, Primolius and Diopsittaca of Central and South America, including the largest parrots and characterized by long sabre-shaped tails, curved powerful bills, and usually brilliant plumage.

Derived terms

• blue-and-gold macaw
• blue-and-yellow macaw
• blue-winged macaw
• Cuban red macaw
• great green macaw
• hyacinth macaw
• macaw bush
• macaw fat
• macaw palm
• military macaw
• red-and-green macaw
• scarlet macaw

Translations

various parrots

• Afrikaans: ara pappegaai
• Asturian: guacamayu (ast)
• Basque: guakamaio
• Bulgarian: ара (bg) m (ara)
• Catalan: guacamai m
• Chamicuro: s̈halyota
• Chatino:

  Tataltepec Chatino: cuꞌma̱

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金剛鸚鵡 / 金刚鹦鹉 (jīngāng yīngwǔ), 𪄳鷎 / 鿺𬸢 (mài'áo)

• Czech: ara (cs)
• Danish: ara (da)
• Dutch: ara (nl)
• Esperanto: arao (eo)
• Finnish: ara (fi)
• French: ara (fr) m
• German: Ara (de) m
• Greek: μακάο n (makáo)
• Hindi: मैकौ m (maikau)
• Hungarian: arapapagáj (hu), ara (hu)
• Hunsrik: Arara f
• Irish: macá m
• Italian: ara (it) f
• Japanese: 金剛鸚哥 (コンゴウインコ, kongōinko)
• Kaiwá: gwa'a
• Macedonian: а́ра f (ára)
• Mam: mo’
• Mohawk: kentáhses
• Nahuatl:

  Central Nahuatl: alotl

  Classical Nahuatl: alotl

  Temascaltepec Nahuatl: alotl

• Nheengatu: arara
• Norwegian: ara m, ara papegøye m
• Old Tupi: arara
• Persian: مکائو (makâ'o)
• Pirahã: kaaxai
• Polish: ara (pl) f
• Portuguese: arara (pt) f
• Romanian: ara (ro) m
• Russian: а́ра (ru) m (ára)
• Slovak: ara (sk)
• Spanish: (Colombia, Guatemala, Panama, Mexico, Venezuela) guacamaya (es) f, (Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay) guacamayo (es) m, (El Salvador, Honduras) guara (es) f, (Costa Rica, Nicaragua) lapa (es) f, (Cuba, Dominican Republic) papagayo (es) m, (Bolivia) paraba (es) f
• Sranan Tongo: rafru
• Swedish: ara (sv) c, arapapegoja c
• Teribe: moskwan
• Tojolabal: maʼ
• Turkish: ara (tr) (Ara macao)
• Welsh: macaw m