cougar
Syllable Decomposition
cougarfrom Portuguese cuguardo, from Tupi (an indigenous language) susuarana ("mountain lion"), first distorted by the Portuguese into cucuarana, then becoming couguar in the 17th century.
Definition
Synonyms
lion des montagnespuma
Translations
english:mountain lion
arabic:أسد الجبال'/%3e%3cuse%20xlink:href='%23cn-a'%20width='30'%20height='20'%20transform='matrix(-12.33562%20-20.5871%2020.58684%20-12.33577%20240.3%2048)'/%3e%3cuse%20xlink:href='%23cn-a'%20width='30'%20height='20'%20transform='matrix(-3.38573%20-23.75998%2023.75968%20-3.38578%20288%2095.8)'/%3e%3cuse%20xlink:href='%23cn-a'%20width='30'%20height='20'%20transform='matrix(6.5991%20-23.0749%2023.0746%206.59919%20288%20168)'/%3e%3cuse%20xlink:href='%23cn-a'%20width='30'%20height='20'%20transform='matrix(14.9991%20-18.73557%2018.73533%2014.99929%20240%20216)'/%3e%3c/svg%3e)
chinese:美洲狮
spanish:león de montaña
finnish:puuma
italian:leone di montagna
russian:пума
See also
couguar (cn.) cougouar (cn.)