With the help of many a Google search and a bunch of wonderful people, I present to you the "Mermaid" Around the World List:
Afrikaans: meermin
Albanian: sirenë
Afrikaans: meermin
Albanian: sirenë
Arabic: حورية البحر (bint al-bahr) - which literally translates to "daughter of the sea," also: "arouset el-bar," and "houria al-bahr"
Armenian: ջրահարս (ǰrahars)
Bulgarian: морска сирена (Pronunciation, please)
Chinese: 美人鱼 (mei ren yu)
Czech: mořská panna
Danish & Norweigian: havfrue
Dutch: zeemeermin
English: mermaid
Estonian: merineitsi
Estonian: merineitsi
Farsi: زن ماهی (Pronunciation, please)
Finnish: merenneito
Filipino: sirena (mermaid) and siyokoy (merman)
French: sirène
German: meerjungfrau
Greek: γοργόνα (Pronunciation, please)
Hebrew: סירונית (Pronunciation, please)
Hindi:
Hungarian: hableány, sellő
Icelandic: hafmey
Igbo: mami wata (Though, this is more the mythological figure) Indonesian & Malayan: duyung
Irish: maighdean mhara
Korean: 인어 (eeh-nuh)
Latvian: nāra
Lithuanian: undinė (like the story, perhaps?)
Pig Latin: ermaid-may
Polish: syrena
Portuguese: sireia
Portuguese: sireia
Romanian: sirenã
Scottish-Gaelic: maighdeann-mhara
Serbo-Croation, Spanish, & Italian: sirena
Swedish: sjöjungfru
Telugu: మత్స్యకన్య (matsyakanya)
Thai: เงือก, นางเงือก (Pronunciation, please)
Thai: เงือก, นางเงือก (Pronunciation, please)
Turkish: deniz kizi (sea daughter)
Vietnamese: giống người đuôi cá,
mỹ nhân ngư (Pronunciation, please)
Welsh: môr-forwyn
Yiddish: מערמייד (yam-meydl)
Yoruba: yemôja
Yiddish: מערמייד (yam-meydl)
Yoruba: yemôja
*All translations are through Google Translate, Google Books, and fabulous humans*
**Thanks to all the people who contributed to this list!!! You all make this mermaid feel truly special!**
p.s. If you have any suggestions, or if one of the words above is wrong, please let me know!
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