Described as horse-like creatures with a single spiralling horn, unicorns appear throughout different mythologies both in Europe and around the world. Said to be pure and incredibly rare, alleged unicorn horns fetched a high price for their magical properties while it was widely believed that these powerful creatures could only be captured by a virgin.
Even today, unicorns continue to be a big staple of both fantasy and pop culture. Now you can share your love for them with just some of the words for unicorn in the 50 languages of Europe in a Day!
- Albanian – Briqen
- Arabic – أحادي القرن (Ahadi alqarn)
- Armenian – Միաեղջյուր (Miayeghjyur)
- Azerbaijani – Təkbuynuz
- Basque – Adarbakar
- Belarusian – Аднарог (Adnaroh)
- Bulgarian – Еднорог (Ednorog)
- Catalan – Unicorn
- Croatian – Jednorog
- Czech – Jednorožec
- Danish – Enhjørning
- Dutch – Eenhoorn
- Estonian – Ükssarvik
- Faroese – Einhyrningur
- Finnish – Yksisarvinen
- French – Licorne
- Georgian – უნიკორნი (Unik’orni)
- German – Einhorn
- Greek – Μονόκερως (Monókeros)
- Greenlandic – Enhjørningi
- Hungarian – Egyszarvú
- Icelandic – Einhyrningur
- Irish Gaelic – Aonbheannach
- Italian – Unicorno
- Jèrriais – Unicorne
- Latin – Unicornis
- Latvian – Vienradzis
- Lithuanian – Vienaragis
- Low German – Eenhoorn
- Luxembourgish – Eenhar
- Macedonian – Еднорог (Ednorog)
- Maltese – Unikorn
- Manx – Un-eairkagh
- Monégasque – Licorna
- Northern Sami – Oktačoarvi*
- Norwegian – Enhjørning
- Polish – Jednorożec
- Portuguese – Unicórnio
- Romanian – Inorog
- Russian – Единорог (Yedinorog)
- Scots Gaelic – Aon-adharcach
- Serbian – Једнорог (Jednorog)
- Slovak – Jednorožec
- Slovene – Samorog
- Spanish – Unicornio
- Swedish – Enhörning
- Swiss German – Aihorn
- Turkish – Tekboynuz
- Ukrainian – Єдиноріг (Yedinorih)
- Welsh – Uncorn
- Northern Sami – Oktačoarvi was coined by me, ‘one horn’
Author: James Scanlan
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