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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Afrikaanse/Europese Koekoek, Europese Koekoek
Arabic: أم الحمام، سمساح, الوقواق, الوقواق أم الحمام، سمساح, الوقواق المألوف
Araucanian: Maykoño
Mapundungun: Maykoño
Asturian: Cuquiellu
Azerbaijani: Ququ quşu
Belarusian: Звычайная зязюля, Зязюля
Bulgarian: Африканска / Обикновена кукувица, Обикновена кукувица
Bengali: পাতি পাপিয়া
Breton: Ar goukoug Eurazia, Koukoug
Catalan: Cucui, Cucut, Tórtola
Catalan (Balears): Cucui
Valencian: Tórtola
Czech: Kukacka obecná, Kukačka obecná
Chuvash: Ахаль куккук
Welsh: Cethlydd, Cog, Côg, Cwcw, Gwcw, Y gog
Danish: Gøg, Gøg/Afrikansk Gøg
German: Afrikakuckuck/Kuckuck, Kuckuck
Greek: (Ευρωπαϊκός) Κούκος, Ευρωπαϊκός/Αφρικανικός Κούκος, Κούκος
Greek (Cypriot): Κούκος
Emiliano-romagnolo: Tòrtura
English: African/Common Cuckoo, Baker's Cuckoo, Common Cuckoo, Common or African Cuckoo, Common/African Cuckoo, Cuckoo, Kamchatka Cuckoo, Kamchatkan Cuckoo
English, HBW: African/Common Cuckoo
English (IOC): African/Common Cuckoo
English (United States): African/Common Cuckoo
Esperanto: kukulo
Spanish: Cuco, Cuco Barbiblanco/Común, Cuco Común
Spanish (Spain): Cuco barbiblanco/común
Spanish (HBW): Common/African Cuckoo
Estonian: Kägu
Basque: Cucut, Kuku, Kukua
Finnish: Käki
Faroese: Geykur
French: Coucou africain ou C. gris, Coucou gris, Coucou gris ou C. africain
Friulian: Tortorele
Frisian: Koekoek
Irish: Cuach
Gaelic: Cuach, Cuthag
Galician: Cuco, Cucut, Rula Común
Guarani: Jeruti
Manx: Cooag
Hebrew: קוקיה אירופית, קוקייה אירופית
Croatian: Kukavica, Obična kukavica
Hungarian: Afrikai kakukk/Kakukk, Kakukk
Armenian: [Sovorakan Kku ], Սովորական Կկու
Indonesian: Kangkok Erasia
Icelandic: Gaukur
Italian: Cuculo, Cuculo eurasiatico, Turtureina
Reggiano: Turtureina
Japanese (romaji): afurikakakkou/kakkou, gappou-dori, Kakko, kakkou, kakkou/afurikakakkou, kakkou-dori, kanko-dori
Japanese: アフリカカッコウ/カッコウ, カッコウ, カッコウ/アフリカカッコウ, カッコウドリ, ガッポウドリ, カンコドリ
Japanese (Kanji): 合法鳥
Georgian: გუგული
Khakas: Кööк, Кекÿÿк
Kazakh: Кәдімгі кєкек
Kazakh (Transliteration): kädimgi kökök
Korean: 뻐꾸기
Korean (Transliteration): ppeokkugi
Cornish: Cok, Durenn
Kwangali: Mukuku
Scientific: Cuculus [canorus or gularis], Cuculus canorus, Cuculus canorus canorus, Cuculus canorus/gularis, Cuculus fuscus, Cuculus gularis/canorus
Luxembourgish: Guckuck
Lithuanian: Gegute, Gegutė, Gegužė, Giegutė, Kukūžė
Latvian: Dzeguze
Macedonian: Кукавица
Mongolian: Хөхөө
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠬᠦᠬᠦᠭᠡ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Хөхөө
Mongolian (Transliteration): egel khökhöö
Moldavian: Turturica
Maltese: Daqquqa Kaħla
Nepali: कुक्कु कोइली
Dutch: Afrikaanse Koekoek/Koekoek, Koekoek, Koekoek/Afrikaanse Koekoek
Norwegian: afrikagjøk/gjøk, Gjøk
Napoletano-calabrese: Turtura
Occitan: Tortora
Polish: Kukułka, kukułka (zwyczajna), kukułka sawannowa/kukułka, kukułka zwyczajna
Pinyin: bùgǔ
Portuguese: Cuco canoro, Cuco-canoro
Portuguese (Portugal): cuco-africano/cuco-canoro
Romansh: cucu, Turturella
Romanian: Cuc
Russian: Африканская кукушка/Кукушка, Кукушка обыкновенная, Обыкновенная кукушка
Sardinian: Cuccheddu, Cucu, Cucuevvai, Cucui, Cucumarei, Cucuperra, Cucuperrai, Paccheddu
Scots: Cuach, Cuthag
Northern Sami: Giehka
Slovak: Kukačka obyčajná, kukučka akáciová/obyčajná, kukučka jarabá, Kukučka obyčajná
Slovenian: kukavica, navadna kukavica
Somali: Ceelaljoog
Albanian: Qyqja
Serbian: Afrička/obična kukavica, kukavica, obicna kukavica, obična kukavica, Кукавица
Swedish: afrikansk gök/gök, Gök
Swahili: Kekeo wa Ulaya
Thai: นกคัคคูพันธุ์ยุโรป
Thai (Transliteration): nók kʰák-kʰuu pʰan yú-rôop
Turkmen: guguk
Turkish: Afrika guguğu/Guguk, Guguk
Tuvinian: Хек
Ukrainian: Звичайна зозуля, Зозуля
Vietnamese: Cu cu
Sorbian, Lower: Tujawka
Sorbian, Upper: Tujawka
Chinese: [bugu], [bugu-niao], [da dujuan], [dujuan], [guogong], 大杜鵑, 大杜鹃, 布谷, 布谷鸟, 杜鹃, 郭公
Chinese (Traditional): 大杜鵑
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 大杜鵑
Chinese (Taiwan): [bugu], 布谷