How to say “area” in 41 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Chinese, where 地方 is the 23rd most used word.
- Afrikaans area #2,005
- Arabic ساحة field, area #1,261
- Basque gune place, area #1,066
- Bengali এলাকা area; field #862
- Bosnian područje area, region, territory #1,756
- Catalan àrea #2,124
- Chinese 地方 place; region; area #23
- Croatian područje area, region, territory #1,319
- Czech okolí surroundings, surrounding area #1,543
- Danish området area, region, territory #1,077
- Dutch gebied area, region #1,004
- English under Beneath; below; at or to the bottom of, or… #378
- Estonian ala area, territory, region #1,081
- Finnish ala #809
- Galician zona zone, area #790
- German mark a usually fortified area along the border;… #1,275
- Greek περιοχή region; district; area #673
- Hebrew אזור an area, region, zone #1,231
- Hindi क्षेत्र field, area of study #558
- Icelandic svæði #2,423
- Indonesian daerah region; area #796
- Italian zona a zone, area or district #1,010
- Korean 지역 area, district, particular geographic region #635
- Latvian leju low area, low place, below #1,492
- Macedonian област district, region, area #1,360
- Malay kawasan an area #458
- Malayalam പ്രദേശം #830
- Norwegian området an area #954
- Persian منطقه zone, area, region #484
- Polish poza denotes an area not within; beyond, out of,… #352
- Portuguese área area; region; place #1,045
- Serbian područje area, region, territory #1,976
- Slovak oblasť #961
- Slovenian cona zone, area #2,039
- Spanish zona zone, district, area #1,084
- Swedish mark ground, or the area beneath it #906
- Tagalog tabi area beside a person or thing #388
- Tamil மனை A unit of land area equal to 24 square feet #1,756
- Turkish alan area, square as for place #705
- Urdu علاقہ #1,085
- Vietnamese khu district, area, zone #492
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.