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Other related concepts

• Anser anser x Cygnus olor (hybrid)
• Anser anser x Cygnus atratus (hybrid)
• Anser anser x Cygnus cygnus (hybrid)
• Anser anser x Cygnus columbianus (hybrid)
• Anser [anser x cygnoides] (hybrid)
• Anser [anser x brachyrhynchus] (hybrid)
• Anser [anser x fabalis] (hybrid)
• Anser anser [var. domesticus] (domestic form)
• Alopochen aegyptiaca x Anser anser (hybrid)
• Anas platyrhynchos x Anser anser (hybrid)
• Anser [albifrons x anser] (hybrid)
• Anser [anser x indicus] (hybrid)
• Anser [anser x caerulescens] (hybrid)
• Anser [anser x rossii] (hybrid)
• Anser anser x Branta canadensis (hybrid)
• Anser anser x Branta leucopsis (hybrid)
• Anser anser x Branta bernicla (hybrid)
• Anser anser x Tadorna tadorna (hybrid)
• Anser anser x Cairina moschata (hybrid)
• Anser [anser x canagicus] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Abkhazian: аБнаҟыз, аБынҟыз
Altai: боро кас
Arabic: الإوز الرمادي, الإوز الرمادي وز, اوزة ربداء
Asturian: Gansu, Gansu bravu
Azerbaijani: Boz qaş, Boz qaz
Bashkir: ала ҡаҙ, ҡыр ҡаҙы, ҡырғаҙы
Belarusian: huś šeraja, гусь шэрая, Сівы гусь, Шэрая гусь, Шэры гусь
Bulgarian: siva g"ska, Сива гъска
Bengali: মেটে রাজহাঁস, হভমট যাজ঴াুঁ঳
Bengali (transliteration): mēṭē rājahām̐sa
Breton: Ar waz louet, gwaz louet, Waz
Catalan: Oca comuna, Oca salvatge, Oca vulgar
Catalan (Balears): Oca salvatge
Valencian: Oca vulgar
Shor: Пор қас
Montenegrin: divlja guska, дивља гуска
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): дивља гуска
Czech: Husa velká
Chuvash: кайăк хур, сăрă хур, хуркайăк
Welsh: Gŵydd lwyd, gŵydd wyllt, Gŵydd wyllt gyffredin
Danish: Grågås
German: Graugans
Greek: china, Σπιτόσιηνα, Σταχτόχηvα, Σταχτόχηνα, χήνα
Greek (Cypriot): Σπιτόσιηνα
English: Eastern Graylag Goose, Eastern Greylag Goose, Feral Goose, Gray goose, Gray Lag-Goose, Graylag Goose, Gray-lag goose, Grey goose, Grey Lag-Goose, Greylag, Greylag Goose, Grey-lag goose, Western Graylag Goose
English, HBW: Greylag Goose
English (IOC): Greylag Goose
English (United States): Graylag Goose
Esperanto: Griza ansero
Spanish: Ansar Comun, Ansar Común, Ánsar Común, Ganso común
Spanish (Argentine): Ganso común
Spanish (Colombia): Ganso Común
Spanish (Spain): Ánsar Común
Spanish (HBW): Ánsar común
Spanish (Mexico): Ganso Común
Estonian: Hallhani, hallhani (roohani), Hallhani e. roohani, hallhani roohani, roohani
Basque: antzara hankagorrizta, Oca vulgar
Persian: غاز خاکستری
Finnish: Merihanhi
Faroese: grágás
French: Oie cendrée
Friulian: ocje di prât, ocje salvadie
Frisian: skiere goes
Irish: ganso bravo, gé ghlas, Gé mhór fhionn
Gaelic: Gèadh glas, Gèadh-Glas
Galician: Ganso bravo, Ganso común, Oca vulgar
Manx: Guiy Feie, guiy glass
Hebrew: אווז אפור, אוז אפור
Croatian: divlja guska, Siva Guska
Hungarian: Nyári lúd
Armenian: [Mokhraguyn Sug ], Մոխրագույն Սագ
Icelandic: Grágæs
Italian: Oca selvatica, Oca selvaticagrigia
Japanese (romaji): hai-iro gan, haiirogan, Haiiro-gan
Japanese: ハイイロガン
Japanese (Kanji): 灰色雁
Georgian: რუხი ბატი, რუხი ღერღეტი
Kara-Kalpak: сур ғаз
Kabardian: губгъуэкъаз
Mongolian, Halh: ууллаг, хээрийн галуу, энхэт галуу
Khakas: Пора хас
Kazakh: Бөр қаз, қоңыр қаз, Сұр қаз
Kazakh (Transliteration): sur qaz
Korean: 회색기러기
Korean (Transliteration): hoe-saek-gireogi
Karachay-Balkar: кийик къаз
North Karelian: merihanhi
Cornish: Gothwyls
Kirghiz: боз каз
Scientific: Anas Anser, Anas anser ferus, Anser anser, Anser anser anser, Anser cinereus, Anser cinereus
Ladino: aucia salvaria
Luxembourgish: Grogäns
Limburgish: Grijze gajs
Ladin: Aucia salvaria
Lithuanian: Pilkoji žaćsis, Pilkoji žasis, pilkoji žąsis
Latvian: meža zoss
Macedonian: diva guska, дива гуска, Обична (Дива) гуска
Mongolian: Бор галуу, ууллаг, халзан галуу, хээрийн галуу, энхэт галуу
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠪᠣᠷᠣ ᠭᠠᠯᠠᠭᠣ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠪᠣᠷᠣ ᠭᠠᠯᠠᠭᠣ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Бор галуу
Mongolian (Transliteration): borg aluu
Moldavian: Cǐsca cenuşie, Gâscă de vară
Malay: Burung Angsa Kelabu
Maltese: Wizza Griza, wiżża griża
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): халзан галуу
Nepali: कलहा“स
Dutch: Grauwe Gans
Norwegian Nynorsk: Grågås
Norwegian: Grågås
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): lumihanhi
Polish: (gęś) gęgawa, gegawa, gęgawa, gęgawa (gęś gęgawa), ges gegawa, Gęś gęgawa
Pinyin: dà yàn, hóng-zuǐ yàn, huáng-zuǐ huī é, huī yàn, huī-yāo yàn, shā-é, shā-yàn
Portuguese: ganso bravo, Ganso-bravo, Ganso-comum
Portuguese (Portugal): Ganso-bravo
Romansh: auca grischa
Rhaeto-Romance: Auca grischa
Romanian: gâsca de vara, gâscă de vară
Russian: Cерый гусь, Sery Gus, seryj gus', Гусь серый, Серый гусь
Yakut: бороҥ хаас, эриэн түөс хаас
Scots: Geadh glas
Northern Sami: Mearracuonji, ránesčuonjá
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Karalu Paththaya
Slovak: hus divá
Slovenian: siva gos, siva gosc
Albanian: Pata e eger, pata e egër
Serbian: Divlja guska, Дивлја гуска, дивља гуска
Swedish: Grågås
Tajik: ғози хокистарранг
Thai: ห่านเทาปากชมพู, ห่านเทาปากสีชมพู, ห่านป่าสีเทา
Thai (Transliteration): hàan tʰaw pàak-sĭi-cʰom-pʰuu, hàan-pàa sĭi-tʰaw
Turkmen: boz kaz, guba gaz, губа газ
Turkish: Boz kaz, Yaban Kazı, Сұр қаз
Tatar: кыр казы, соры каз
Tuvinian: Бора кас
Udmurt: луд ӟазег, лудӟазег
Ukrainian: guska sira, гуска сіра, Сіра гуска
Uzbek: бўз ғоз, ѐввойи ғоз, кулранг ғоз, кўк ғоз
Vietnamese: Ngỗng trời
Sorbian, Lower: źiwa gus
Sorbian, Upper: dźiwje huso, šěra husyca
Kalmyk: бор һалун, зерлг һалун, шаңшм, шаңшым
Chinese: [dà yàn], [hong-zui yan], [huáng-zuǐ huī é], [hui yan], [hui-yao yan], [sha-e], [sha-yan], 大雁, 沙雁, 沙鹅, 灰 雁, 灰腰雁, 灰雁, 红嘴雁, 黄嘴灰鹅
Chinese (Traditional): 大雁, 沙雁, 沙鵝, 灰嘴灰鵝, 灰腰雁, 灰雁, 鴻嘴雁
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 灰雁
Chinese (Taiwan): [hui yan], 灰雁