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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Groot Fregatvoël, Grootfregatvoel, Grootfregatvoël
Azerbaijani: böyük freqat, böyük freqat quşu
Belarusian: Вялiкi фрэгат
Bulgarian: Голяма фрегата, Малка фрегата
Bengali: ফড় চিমগট঩াচি
Bengali (transliteration): baṛa phrigēṭapākhi*
Catalan: Fregata gran
Czech: Fregatka obecná
Chuvash: пысăк фрегат
Welsh: Aderyn ffrigad mawr
Danish: Stor Fregatfugl
German: Bindenfregattvogel, Binden-Fregattvogel
Maldivian: Maahoara
Greek: Τραvoφρεγάτα
English: Great Frigata, Great Frigate, Great Frigate Bird, Great Frigatebird, Greater Frigate Bird, Greater Frigatebird, North Pacific Man-o-war-bird, Pacific Frigatebird
English (Hawaii): ʻIwa - Great Frigatebird
English, HBW: Great Frigatebird
English, Hawaii: ʻIwa - Great Frigatebird
English (IOC): Great Frigatebird
English (Kenya): Greater Frigatebird
English (United States): Great Frigatebird
English (South Africa): Greater Frigatebird
Esperanto: Granda fregato, nigraflugila fregato
Spanish: Ave fragata grande, Fragata Alibandeada, Fragata Grande, Fragata Pelágica, Fregata Pelágica, Rabihorcado Grande
Spanish (Chile): Ave fragata grande
Spanish (Colombia): Fragata Alibandeada
Spanish (Costa Rica): Rabihorcado Grande
Spanish (Ecuador): Fragata Grande
Spanish (Spain): Rabihorcado Grande
Spanish (HBW): Great Frigatebird
Spanish (Mexico): Fragata Pelágica
Spanish (Panama): Fragata Grande
Spanish (Peru): Avefragata Grande
Estonian: kuning-fregattlind
Finnish: Kaappari, kuningasfregattilintu
French: Frégate du Pacifique, Grande Frégate
Frisian: Grutte fregatfûgel
Irish: Frigéad mór
Galician: Rabiforcado grande
Hawaiian: 'Iwa
Hebrew: פריגט, פריגט גדול
Croatian: smeđokrili brzan
Hungarian: szalagos fregattmadár
Indonesian: Burung Cikalang Besar, Cikalang Besar
Icelandic: Dílafreigáti
Italian: Fregata del Pacifico, Fregata maggiore, Fregata minore
Japanese (romaji): ō gunkan-dori, Oh-gunkandori, oogunkandori, Ou-gunkandori
Japanese: オオグンカンドリ
Japanese (Kanji): 大軍艦鳥
Mongolian, Halh: тонооч шувуу
Korean: 큰군함조
Korean (Transliteration): keun-gunham-jo
Kirghiz: ири фрегат
Scientific: Fregata minor, Fregata minor minor, Pelecanus minor, Tachypetes minor
Lithuanian: Didžioji fregata
Latvian: lielais fregatputns
Malagasy: Bomomandry
Maori: Hakuwai
Malayalam: വലിയ കടൽക്കള്ളൻ, വലിയ കടൽകള്ളൻ
Mongolian: тонооч шувуу
Malay: Burung Simbang Besar
Dutch: Grote Fregatvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Storfregattfugl
Norwegian: Storfregattfugl
Palauan: Kedam
Polish: fregata srednia, fregata średnia
Pinyin: hēi-fù jūnjiàn-niǎo, jūnjiàn-niǎo, xiǎo jūnjiàn-niǎo
Portuguese: alcatraz, fragata, Fragata-grande, grapira, joão-grande, tesoura, tesourão, Tesourão-grande
Portuguese (Brazil): alcatraz, fragata, fragata-grande, grapira, joão-grande, tesoura, tesourão, tesourao-grande, Tesourão-grande
Portuguese (Portugal): fragata-grande, Rabiforcado-grande
Rarotongan: Kōta‘a Nui
Rhaeto-Romance: Fregat grond
Romanian: Fregată mare
Russian: Большой фрегат, Фрегат большой
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Maha Sahasiya
Slovak: fregata ebenová, Fregata žltopása
Slovenian: Velika burnica
Samoan: atafa
Serbian: Džinovska fregata
Swedish: Större fregattfågel
Swahili: Mnandi-pwani
Thai: นกโจรสลัดใหญ่
Thai (Transliteration): nók coon-sa-làt yày
Turkish: Büyük Fregatkuşu
Tahitian: otaha
Ukrainian: Фрегат тихоокеанський
Vietnamese: Chim Cốc biển đen, Cốc biển đen
Chinese: 大军舰鸟, 小军舰鸟, 小軍艦鳥, 軍艦鳥, 黑腹军舰鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 大軍艦鳥〔黑腹軍艦鳥〕, 小軍艦鳥, 軍艦鳥, 黑腹軍艦鳥
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 軍艦鳥
Chinese (Taiwan): 军舰鸟, 小军舰鸟, 黑腹军舰鸟