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What is water called in different languages?

Here's a list of how "water" is called in different languages:

Romance Languages:

* Spanish: agua

* Italian: acqua

* French: eau

* Portuguese: água

* Romanian: apă

Germanic Languages:

* German: Wasser

* Dutch: water

* Swedish: vatten

* Norwegian: vann

* Danish: vand

* English: water

Slavic Languages:

* Russian: вода (voda)

* Polish: woda

* Czech: voda

* Slovak: voda

* Ukrainian: вода (voda)

* Serbian: вода (voda)

* Croatian: voda

* Bulgarian: вода (voda)

Other Languages:

* Chinese (Mandarin): 水 (shuǐ)

* Japanese: 水 (mizu)

* Korean: 물 (mul)

* Arabic: ماء (māʼ)

* Hindi: पानी (pānī)

* Turkish: su

* Greek: νερό (nero)

* Vietnamese: nước

* Finnish: vesi

* Hungarian: víz

Note: This is just a small sampling of languages. There are many other languages and variations within those listed.

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