"macaw" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /məˈkɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /məˈkɑ/ [US], /məˈkɔ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-macaw.wav [Southern-England] Forms: macaws [plural], maccaw [alternative, obsolete], macao [alternative, obsolete]
Rhymes: -ɔː Etymology: From Portuguese macau, of unknown origin. English sources point to Nheengatu makawana, which is only attested from the 20th century onwards. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|pt|macau}} Portuguese macau, {{ref|<span class="cited-source">“macaw, n.”, in <cite>OED Online ⁠</cite>, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.</span>}}, {{ref|<span class="cited-source">Douglas Harper (<span class="None" lang="und">2001–2026), “macaw”, in <cite>Online Etymology Dictionary</cite>, retrieved 10 Jul 2025.</span></span>}}, {{ref|<span class="cited-source">Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (<span class="None" lang="und">2021), “makawana”, in <cite>Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português</cite> [<cite>Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal</cite>] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, <small>→DOI</small>, page 439</span></span>}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} macaw (plural macaws)
  1. Any of various parrots of the genera Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca, Primolius and Diopsittaca of Central and South America, including the largest parrots and characterized by long sabre-shaped tails, curved powerful bills, and usually brilliant plumage. Translations (various parrots): ara pappegaai (Afrikaans), guacamayu (Asturian), guakamaio (Basque), ара (ara) [masculine] (Bulgarian), guacamai [masculine] (Catalan), alotl (Central Nahuatl), s̈halyota (Chamicuro), 金剛鸚鵡 /金刚鹦鹉 (jīngāng yīngwǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 𪄳鷎 /鿺𬸢 (mài'áo) (Chinese Mandarin), alotl (Classical Nahuatl), ara (Czech), ara (Danish), ara (Dutch), arao (Esperanto), ara (Finnish), ara [masculine] (French), Ara [masculine] (German), μακάο (makáo) [neuter] (Greek), मैकौ (maikau) [masculine] (Hindi), arapapagáj (Hungarian), ara (Hungarian), Arara [feminine] (Hunsrik), macá [masculine] (Irish), ara [feminine] (Italian), 金剛鸚哥 (kongōinko) (alt: コンゴウインコ) (Japanese), gwa'a (Kaiwá), а́ра (ára) [feminine] (Macedonian), mo’ (Mam), kentáhses (Mohawk), arara (Nheengatu), ara [masculine] (Norwegian), ara papegøye [masculine] (Norwegian), arara (Old Tupi), مکائو (makâ'o) (Persian), kaaxai (Pirahã), ara [feminine] (Polish), arara [feminine] (Portuguese), ara [masculine] (Romanian), а́ра (ára) [masculine] (Russian), ara (Slovak), guacamaya [Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, feminine] (Spanish), guacamayo [Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto-Rico, Spain, Uruguay, masculine] (Spanish), guara [El-Salvador, Honduras, feminine] (Spanish), lapa [Costa-Rica, Nicaragua, feminine] (Spanish), papagayo [Cuba, Dominican-Republic, masculine] (Spanish), paraba [Bolivia, feminine] (Spanish), rafru (Sranan Tongo), ara [common-gender] (Swedish), arapapegoja [common-gender] (Swedish), cuꞌma̱ (Tataltepec Chatino), alotl (Temascaltepec-Nahuatl), moskwan (Teribe), maʼ (Tojolabal), ara (taxonomic: Ara macao) (Turkish), macaw [masculine] (Welsh)
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      "sense": "various parrots",
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      "roman": "jīngāng yīngwǔ",
      "sense": "various parrots",
      "word": "金剛鸚鵡 /金刚鹦鹉"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "roman": "mài'áo",
      "sense": "various parrots",
      "word": "𪄳鷎 /鿺𬸢"
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      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "various parrots",
      "word": "ara"
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      "sense": "various parrots",
      "word": "ara"
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      "sense": "various parrots",
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      "sense": "various parrots",
      "word": "arao"
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      "sense": "various parrots",
      "word": "ara"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "ara"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Ara"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "various parrots",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "various parrots",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "various parrots",
      "word": "金剛鸚哥"
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      "word": "gwa'a"
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      "word": "а́ра"
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      "word": "arara"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "various parrots",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ara"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "ára",
      "sense": "various parrots",
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      "word": "а́ра"
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      "sense": "various parrots",
      "word": "ara"
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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      "lang_code": "srn",
      "sense": "various parrots",
      "word": "rafru"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "various parrots",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ara"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "various parrots",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "arapapegoja"
    },
    {
      "code": "tfr",
      "lang": "Teribe",
      "lang_code": "tfr",
      "sense": "various parrots",
      "word": "moskwan"
    },
    {
      "code": "toj",
      "lang": "Tojolabal",
      "lang_code": "toj",
      "sense": "various parrots",
      "word": "maʼ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "various parrots",
      "taxonomic": "Ara macao",
      "word": "ara"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "various parrots",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "macaw"
    }
  ],
  "word": "macaw"
}

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