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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Asiatiese kleingroenbyvreter
Arabic: الوروار الأخضر الصغير, لوروار الاخضر, وروار أخضر صغير
Belarusian: Малая шчурка
Bulgarian: Зеленогуш пчелояд, Малък зелен пчелояд
Bengali: ঳ফুজ ঳ুিআমচাযা , সবুজ সুইচোরা
Bengali (transliteration): sabuja su'icōrā
Breton: Gwespetaerig glas
Catalan: Abellerol maragda oriental, Abellerol verd oriental
Czech: vlha indická, vlha proměnlivá, Vlha východní
Welsh: Gwenynysor gwyrdd
Danish: Lille Grøn Biæder
German: Asiensmaragdspint, Schmaragdspint, Smaragdspint
Greek: Νανομελισσοφάγος
English: Asian Green Bee-eater, Asian, African or Arabian Green Bee-eater, Green Bee-eater, Least Green Bee-eater, Little Green Bee Eater, Little Green Bee-eater, Small Green Bee-eater
English, HBW: green bee-eater sp.
English (IOC): African/Arabian/Asian Green Bee-eater, Green Bee-eater
English (United States): Green Bee-eater
Esperanto: Hindia abelmanĝulo, Malgranda verda abelmanĝulo
Spanish: Abejaruco Chico Verdoso, Abejaruco Esmeralda, Abejaruco esmeralda oriental, Abejaruco Oriental, Abejaruco Pequeño
Spanish (Spain): Abejaruco Esmeralda
Spanish (HBW): Green Bee-eater
Estonian: väike-mesilasenäpp
Basque: Erlatxori berde
Persian: زنبورخوار سبز, زنبورخوار کوچک , زنبورخوار کوچک (سبز)
Finnish: Pikkumehiläissyöjä
French: Guêpier d'Orient, Guêpier d'Orient, G. vert ou G. à sourcils bleus, Petit Guêpier vert
Frisian: Lytse griene bijefretter
Irish: Beachaire glas
Galician: Abellaruco verde oriental
Hebrew: שרקרק גמדי
Croatian: smaragdna pčelarica
Hungarian: Keleti gyurgyalag, smaragdgyurgyalag
Icelandic: Mýsvelgur
Italian: Gruccione verde, Gruccione verde africano, Gruccione verde piccolo
Japanese (romaji): midori hachi-kui, midorihachikui
Japanese: ミドリハチクイ
Japanese (Kanji): 緑蜂喰
Scientific: Merops [orientalis, viridissimus or cyanophrys], Merops orientalis, Merops orientalis orientalis, Merops viridis, Merops viridis viridis
Lithuanian: Mažasis žaliasis bitininkas, Rytinis bitininkas
Latvian: zaļais bišķērājs
Macedonian: Зелена пчеларка
Malayalam: നാട്ടുവേലിത്തത്ത, നാട്ടുവേലിത്തത്ത 
Marathi: वेडा राघू
Dutch: Kleine Groene Bijeneter
Norwegian Nynorsk: Beryllbietar
Norwegian: Beryllbieter
Polish: zolna wschodnia, żołna wschodnia
Pinyin: lǜ-hóu fēng-hǔ
Portuguese: Abelharuco-verde, Abelharuco-verde-oriental
Portuguese (Portugal): Abelharuco-verde
Rhaeto-Romance: Maglia-avieuls smaragd oriental
Romanian: Prigorie mică verde
Russian: Зеленая щурка, Изумрудная щурка, Малая зелёная щурка
Northern Sami: Uhcauvloborri
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Punchi Binguharaya
Slovak: včelárik východný
Slovenian: smaragdni čebelar
Serbian: Mala zelena pčelarica
Swedish: Grön dvärgbiätare
Swahili: Kerem Kijani
Tamil: Pachai Panchuruttan
Thai: นกจาบคาเล็ก, นกคับคาเล็ก, นกจาบคาเล็ก
Thai (Transliteration): nók càap-kʰaa lék, nók kʰáp-kʰaa lék
Turkish: Küçük Yeşil Arıkuşu
Tatar: кече яшел корташар
Ukrainian: Бджолоїдка мала
Vietnamese: Chim Trảu đầu hung, Trảu đầu hung, Trảu xanh nhỏ
Chinese: 绿喉蜂虎
Chinese (Traditional): 綠喉蜂虎