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Other synonyms

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Abkhazian: аИмператортә Пингвин
Azerbaijani: imperator pinqvini
Bulgarian: Императорски пингвин
Bengali: ঳ম্রাট হ঩ঙ্খুিআন
Bengali (transliteration): samrāṭa pēṅgu'ina
Catalan: Pingüí emperador
Czech: Tucnák císarský, tučňák císařský
Chuvash: император пингвин, император пингвинĕ
Danish: Kejserpingvin
German: Kaiserpinguin
English: Emperor Penguin
English, HBW: Emperor Penguin
English (IOC): Emperor Penguin
English (United States): Emperor Penguin
Esperanto: Forstera aptenodito, giganta pingveno, Imperiestra pingveno
Spanish: Pingüino emperador
Spanish (Argentine): Pingüino emperador
Spanish (Chile): Pingüino emperador
Spanish (Spain): Pingüino Emperador
Spanish (HBW): Emperor Penguin
Estonian: keiserpingviin
Finnish: Keisaripingviini
French: Manchot empereur
Irish: Piongain impireach
Hebrew: פינגווין קיסרי
Croatian: Carski pingvin
Hungarian: császárpingvin
Icelandic: Keisaramörgæs
Italian: Pinguino imperatore
Japanese (romaji): kouteipengin
Japanese: コウテイペンギン
Kara-Kalpak: император пингвини
Mongolian, Halh: хаан оцон шувуу
Kazakh: император пингвині, ұлкен пингвин
Kirghiz: дөө пингвин, император пингвини
Scientific: Aptenodytes excelsior, Aptenodytes forsteri
Lithuanian: Imperatoriškasis pingvinas
Mongolian: хаан оцон шувуу
Dutch: Keizerspinguïn
Norwegian Nynorsk: Keisarpingvin
Norwegian: Keiserpingvin
Polish: pingwin cesarski
Portuguese: Pinguim-imperador 
Portuguese (Portugal): pinguim-imperador
Russian: императорский пингвин
Slovak: Tučniak cisársky, tucniak obrovský, tučniak obrovský
Serbian: Carski pingvin
Swedish: Kejsarpingvin
Tajik: пингвини императорӣ
Turkish: İmparator Penguen, İmperator Penguen
Tatar: император пингвины
Ukrainian: Пінгвін імператорський
Uzbek: император пингвин, император пингвини
Chinese: 帝企鹅
Chinese (Traditional): 皇帝企鵝