Swimming in other Languages
The sport we know as swimming is not necessarily called by the same name around the world. Here are the names for swimming in many of the languages of the world. The names are taken from the Wikipedia page for swimming in each of these languages. You will notice that many of the names appear to be phonetic spelling of swimming in the other languages.
Name by Language
| Language | Name for the sport of swimming |
|---|---|
| Arabic | سباحة |
| Armenian | Լող |
| Azerbaijani | Üzgüçülük |
| Bashkir | Йөҙөү |
| Basque | Igeriketa |
| Belarusian | Плаваньне |
| Bengali | সাঁতার |
| Catalan | Natació |
| Chinese | 競技游泳 |
| Classical Chinese | 競泳 |
| Czech | Plavání |
| Dutch | Zwemsport |
| English | Swimming |
| Esperanto | Sporta naĝado |
| Estonian | Ujumine |
| French | Natation sportive |
| Georgian | ცურვა |
| German | Schwimmsport |
| Hebrew | שחייה תחרותית |
| Indonesian | Renang |
| Japanese | 競泳 |
| Kannada | ಈಜು |
| Karakalpak | Suwda Ju'ziw |
| Korean | 수영 |
| Latvian | Peldēšana |
| Low Saxon | Swemmsport |
| Luxembourgish | Schwammsport |
| Macedonian | Пливање |
| Malayalam | നീന്തൽ മത്സരം |
| Minangkabau | Ranang |
| Mingrelian | ნჩურუა |
| Nepali | पौडी |
| Pashto | لامبو |
| Persian | ورزش شنا |
| Polish | Pływanie |
| Portuguese | Natação pura |
| Romanian | Înot sportiv |
| Russian | Плавание |
| Sanskrit | सन्तरणक्रीडा |
| Scots | Soummin |
| Serbian | Пливање |
| Sorani Kurdish | مەلەوانی |
| Spanish | Natación |
| Swedish | Tävlingssimning |
| Tamil | நீச்சற் போட்டி |
| Tatar | Йөзү |
| Thai | กีฬาว่ายน้ำ |
| Turkish | Yüzme |
| Turkmen | Suwda ýüzmek |
| Ukrainian | Плавання |
| Uzbek | Suvda suzish |
| Vietnamese | Bơi |
| Zazaki | Asnawkerdış |
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