Lacrosse in other Languages
The sport we know as lacrosse is not necessarily called by the same name around the world. Here are the names for lacrosse in many of the languages of the world. The names are taken from the Wikipedia page for lacrosse in each of these languages. You will notice that many of the names appear to be phonetic spelling of lacrosse in the other languages.
Name by Language
| Language | Name for the sport of lacrosse |
|---|---|
| Arabic | لاكروس |
| Armenian | Լաքրոս |
| Asturian | Lacrosse |
| Azerbaijani | Lakross |
| Bashkir | Лакросс |
| Basque | Lacrosse |
| Bulgarian | Лакрос |
| Cantonese | 棍網球 |
| Catalan | Lacrosse |
| Chinese | 袋棍球 |
| Croatian | Lacrosse |
| Czech | Lakros |
| Danish | Lacrosse |
| Dutch | Lacrosse |
| English | Lacrosse |
| Esperanto | Kanada bastonludo |
| Estonian | Lakross |
| Finnish | Haavipallo |
| French | Crosse |
| German | Lacrosse |
| Greek | Λακρός |
| Hebrew | לקרוס |
| Hungarian | Lacrosse |
| Icelandic | Háfleikur |
| Indonesian | Lacrosse |
| Irish | Crosógaíocht |
| Italian | Lacrosse |
| Japanese | ラクロス |
| Kannada | ಲಕ್ರೊಸ್ಸ್ |
| Kazakh | Лакросс |
| Korean | 라크로스 |
| Latin | Ludus lacrossensis |
| Latvian | Lakross |
| Lithuanian | Lakrosas |
| Macedonian | Лакрос |
| Marathi | लॅक्रॉस |
| Minangkabau | Lacrosse |
| Norwegian | Lacrosse |
| Persian | لاکراس |
| Polish | Lacrosse |
| Portuguese | Lacrosse |
| Romanian | Lacrosse |
| Russian | Лякросс |
| Scots | Lacrosse |
| Scottish Gaelic | Lacrosse |
| Serbian | Лакрос |
| Serbo-Croatian | Lakros |
| Sinhalese | ලක්රොස් |
| Slovak | Lakros |
| Spanish | Lacrosse |
| Swedish | Lacrosse |
| Tajik | Лакрос |
| Turkish | Lakros |
| Ukrainian | Лакрос |
| Vietnamese | Bóng vợt |
Related Pages
- A short summary of Lacrosse the Sport
- Lacrosse at the Olympic Games
- History of Lacrosse
- Sport Names in Other Languages
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