How to say “town” in 36 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 Persian, where شهر is the 173rd most used word.
- Afrikaans dorp #538
- Arabic مدينة town, city #351
- Basque herri village, town #440
- Bengali শহর town, city #437
- Bosnian grad city, town #455
- Bulgarian града town, city #379
- Chinese 城市 city; town #231
- Croatian grad city, town #454
- Danish byen town, city #355
- Dutch stad city, town #370
- Esperanto urbo city, town #360
- Finnish kaupungin town, city #998
- French ville town, city #329
- Galician vila town; urban settlement smaller than a cidade… #764
- Georgian ქალაქი town, city #288
- Greek πόλη town; city #316
- Hebrew בחייך come on, get out of town, expression of… #258
- Hungarian város city, town #846
- Icelandic hverfi section of a town or city; district,… #1,485
- Italian città town, city #630
- Latvian pilsētā city, town #654
- Lithuanian miestelis #2,021
- Macedonian град city, town #368
- Malay bandar A city or town #260
- Malayalam ഊര് town, village #381
- Norwegian byen town, city #308
- Persian شهر city, town #173
- Polish miasta city, town #693
- Portuguese cidade city, town #289
- Romanian oraș city, town #2,369
- Russian город city, town #631
- Serbian grad city, town #459
- Spanish pueblo town, village #566
- Swedish staden a city, a town #804
- Tagalog kababayan fellow resident of the same town or province;… #681
- Tamil உள்ளூர் heart of a town, interior of a village #442
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.