Hippopotamus is derived from the two words in Greek for "Water Horse."
The Swahili word for "Hippopotamus" is "kiboko".
Yes, hippo (and hippopotamus) is a noun, a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for an animal, a word for a thing.
河马 [hé mǎ] - hippopotamus
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Hippopotamus in Swahili is "kiboko."
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There are eight phonemes in the word "hippopotamus."
The Japanese word for hippopotamus is カバ (kaba).
The Romanian language equivalent of hippopotamus is hipopotam.
Hippopotamus comes from the greek word "hippo" meaning horse. The greeks called hippopotamus' water horses. Hope this answer was helpful
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Some three letter words that can be made from the word 'hippopotamus' are:ahiaimampaptashasphamhashathimhiphishithophumhutimpitsmapmatmoomopoatohmoutpatpippitpoipoppotpuppusputsapsatsitsopsotsouspasumsuptamtaptiptomtootopump
The Swahili word for "Hippopotamus" is "kiboko".
There are five syllables in "hippopotamus." HI-PO-PO-TA-MUS
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river horse
The German word for hippopotamus is das Nilpferd(or more rarely das Flußpferd) (lit. Nile horse or river horse)