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English

Etymology
Shortened form of zoological garden, and now the usual form. See zoology.

Pronunciation
IPA|/zu�/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-u�|-u�

Noun
en-noun

1. A park where live animals are exhibited.
2. figuratively Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.

#:The shopping center was a zoo the week before Christmas.

Translations
trans-top|park where live animals are exhibited
Arabic: ARchar|حد��ة ا�ح��ا�ات (ħadīeqat al-ħayawan�t) f
Bosnian: zoološki vrt#Bosnian|zoološki vrt m
Chinese: ��� (dòng wù yuán)
Czech: #Czech|zoo f
Dutch: dierentuin
Esperanto: #Esperanto|zoo
Estonian: loomaaed
Finnish: eläintarha
French: #French|zoo m
German: Zoo m, Tiergarten m, Tierpark m
Italian: #Italian|zoo m
Japanese: ��� (������ d�butsuen)
Korean: �물� (dongmulweon)
trans-mid
Maltese: żu m
Persian: FAchar|باغ �حش (baghe vahš)
Portuguese: zôo m, zoológico m, jardim zoológico m
Russian: зоопа�к (zoopárk) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: зооло�ки в��#Serbian|зооло�ки в�� m
:Roman: zoološki vrt#Serbian|zoološki vrt m
Slovak: zoologická záhrada#Slovak|zoologická záhrada f
Slovene: živalski vrt m
Spanish: #Spanish|zoo m, jardín zoo m, zoológico m
Swedish: Zoo, djurpark
Turkish: hayvanat bahçesi
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Related terms
zoo-
zoologist
zoology

See also
pedialite

Esperanto

Noun
eo-noun

1. zoo

French

Noun
zoo m

1. zoo

Related terms
jardin zoologique

Category:French nouns

Italian

Noun
zoo m

1. zoo

Related terms
giardino zoologico

Category:Italian nouns

Spanish

Noun
zoo m

1. zoo

Related terms
zoológico

Category:Greek derivations
Category:Spanish nouns

zh-min-nan:zoo
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el:zoo
es:zoo
fa:zoo
fr:zoo
hy:zoo
id:zoo
it:zoo
hu:zoo
ja:zoo
pl:zoo
ru:zoo
fi:zoo
sv:zoo
ta:zoo
vi:zoo
zh:zoo

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