Water Polo in other Languages
The sport we know as water polo is not necessarily called by the same name around the world. Here are the names for water polo in many of the languages of the world. The names are taken from the Wikipedia page for water polo in each of these languages. You will notice that many of the names appear to be phonetic spelling of water polo in the other languages.
Name by Language
| Language | Name for the sport of water polo |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Waterpolo |
| Albanian | Vaterpoloja |
| Anglo-Saxon | Wæterþōðer |
| Arabic | كرة الماء |
| Aragonese | Waterpolo |
| Armenian | Ջրագնդակ |
| Asturian | Water-polo |
| Azerbaijani | Su polosu |
| Bashkir | Һыуҙа туп уйнау |
| Basque | Waterpolo |
| Belarusian | Воднае пола |
| Belarusian | Воднае пола |
| Bengali | ওয়াটার পোলো |
| Bosnian | Vaterpolo |
| Bulgarian | Водна топка |
| Burmese | ဝါးတားပိုလိုကစားခြင်း |
| Cantonese | 水球 |
| Catalan | Waterpolo |
| Chinese | 水球 |
| Croatian | Vaterpolo |
| Czech | Vodní pólo |
| Danish | Vandpolo |
| Dutch | Waterpolo |
| Eastern Punjabi | ਵਾਟਰ ਪੋਲੋ |
| Egyptian Arabic | كورة الميه |
| English | Water polo |
| Esperanto | Akvopilkado |
| Estonian | Veepall |
| Finnish | Vesipallo |
| French | Water-polo |
| Galician | Wáter-polo |
| Georgian | წყალბურთი |
| German | Wasserball |
| Greek | Υδατοσφαίριση |
| Hebrew | כדורמים |
| Hungarian | Vízilabda |
| Icelandic | Sundknattleikur |
| Indonesian | Polo air |
| Irish | Póló uisce |
| Italian | Pallanuoto |
| Japanese | 水球 |
| Kazakh | Су добы |
| Komi | Васяр |
| Korean | 수구 |
| Latin | Folliludium aquatile |
| Latvian | Ūdenspolo |
| Ligurian | Ballaneuo |
| Limburgish | Waterpolo |
| Lithuanian | Vandensvydis |
| Low Saxon | Waterball |
| Luxembourgish | Waasserball |
| Macedonian | Ватерполо |
| Malay | Polo air |
| Malayalam | വാട്ടർ പോളോ |
| Marathi | वॉटर पोलो |
| Meadow Mari | Вӱд поло |
| Min Nan | Chúi-kiû |
| Newar / Nepal Bhasa | वाटर पोलो |
| Norwegian | Vannpolo |
| Occitan | Vater pòlo |
| Papiamentu | Waterpolo |
| Persian | واترپلو |
| Polish | Piłka wodna |
| Portuguese | Polo aquático |
| Romanian | Polo pe apă |
| Russian | Водное поло |
| Sardinian | Pallanuoto |
| Scots | Watter polo |
| Scottish Gaelic | Uisge-polo |
| Serbian | Ватерполо |
| Serbo-Croatian | Vaterpolo |
| Slovak | Vodné pólo |
| Slovene | Vaterpolo |
| Spanish | Waterpolo |
| Swedish | Vattenpolo |
| Tagalog | Water polo |
| Tamil | நீர்ப் பந்தாட்டம் |
| Tatar | Су тубы |
| Thai | โปโลน้ำ |
| Turkish | Sutopu |
| Ukrainian | Водне поло |
| Urdu | واٹر پولو |
| Uzbek | Vaterpolo |
| Vietnamese | Bóng nước (thể thao) |
| Wu | 水球 |
Related Pages
- Summary of the Sport of Water Polo
- Water Polo home
- Sport Names in Other Languages
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