Nature names from other languages!

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What are some nature names from other languages that you find interesting or attractive? What do they mean? What language are they from?

Here are some I like to start us off
Tuule (too-ley) (f) = Wind in Estonian
Lupe (loo) (m) = Wolf in French
Brisa (bree-sah) (f) = Breeze in Spanish

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Some from my native language

Okyanus - ocean (ok-yah-noos)
Ada - island (uh-duh)
Nehir - river (neh-heer)
Deniz - sea (deh-nizz)
Ay - moon (eye)
Gece - night (geh-jeh)
Yaz - summer (yuzz)
Orman - forest (or-muhn)
Mevsim - season (mehv-seem)
Manolya - magnolia (muh-nol-yah)
Doğa - nature (doe-ah)
Su - water (soo)

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[name_f]Margarita[/name_f] = [name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Mariposa[/name_f] = [name_f]Butterfly[/name_f]
[name_f]Mar[/name_f] = [name_u]Sea[/name_u]
[name_f]Maravilla[/name_f] = [name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Amapola[/name_f] = [name_f]Poppy[/name_f]
[name_f]Salvia[/name_f] = [name_u]Sage[/name_u]
Azucena = [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_u]Lirio[/name_u] = [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_u]Rio[/name_u] = [name_u]River[/name_u]
[name_f]Tierra[/name_f] = [name_f]Earth[/name_f]
Raíz = Root
[name_m]Cedro[/name_m] = [name_u]Cedar[/name_u]
[name_u]Sierra[/name_u] = [name_m]Mountain[/name_m] range
[name_f]Marea[/name_f] = [name_m]Tide[/name_m]
[name_m]Ola[/name_m] = Wave
[name_f]Nieve[/name_f] = [name_u]Snow[/name_u]
[name_f]Ave[/name_f] = [name_u]Bird[/name_u]

(All of the above are Spanish)

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some [name_u]French[/name_u] ones:

[name_f]Fleur[/name_f] — flower
[name_f]Reine[/name_f] — queen
[name_u]Ciel[/name_u] — sky
[name_f]Soleil[/name_f] — sun
[name_u]Sable[/name_u] — sand
[name_f]Marée[/name_f] — tide
[name_f]Mirabelle[/name_f] — mirabelle plum
Amarelle — amarelle plum
Aube — dawn
Élodée — pondweed
Lavende — lavender
[name_f]Océane[/name_f] — ocean

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On a topic of mine years ago, I had some amazing Maori suggestions;

[name_f]Tui[/name_f] -a type of bird
[name_m]Matai[/name_m] -a type of tree
[name_m]Kauri[/name_m] -a type of tree
Nīkau -a type of tree

[name_u]Love[/name_u] them all. [name_m]Matai[/name_m] seems particularly accessible and easily used. One more I had thought of is

Akash -meaning sky, in Sanskrit

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I came back with some more, because I really enjoy this category of names!

[name_f]Aderyn[/name_f] • Welsh • bird
Anar • Kazakh/Persian • pomegranate
Bituin • Tagalog • star
[name_f]Bluma[/name_f] • Yiddish • flower
Ceren • Turkish • baby gazelle
Codru/Codri • Romanian • forest/woods
[name_f]Erlea[/name_f] • Basque • bee
Ieva • Luthuanian/Latvian • cherry tree
[name_m]Ilan[/name_m] • Hebrew • tree
[name_u]Kaimana[/name_u] • Hawaiian • diamond
[name_f]Kielo[/name_f] • Finnish • lily of the valley
Laleh/Lale • Persian • tulip
[name_f]Maral[/name_f] • Turkish/Mongolian • deer
[name_f]Marama[/name_f] • Polynesian • moon/moonlight
[name_f]Millaray[/name_f] • Mapuche • golden flower
[name_m]Muir[/name_m] • Scottish Gaelic • sea
Nalini • Sanskrit • lotus
Nari • Korean • lily
[name_f]Nasrin[/name_f] • Persian • wildrose
Nilourfar • Persian • waterlily
[name_f]Nuray[/name_f] • Turkish • bright moon
[name_m]Riad[/name_m] • Arabic • meadows
Viorea/Viorele • Romanian • alpine squill flower
Yonca • Turkish • clover

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