longan

English

Longan fruits

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 龍眼／龙眼 (lung4 ngaan5, literally, “dragon's eye”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒŋɡən/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑŋɡən/

Noun

longan (plural longans)

An evergreen tree, Dimocarpus longan, of the Sapindaceae family, native to southern China.
The fruit from the longan tree.

Translations

tree

Chinese:
Cantonese: 龍眼, 龙眼 (lung⁴ ngaan⁵)

Hakka: 牛眼 (ngiù-ngién)

Mandarin: 龍眼 (zh), 龙眼 (zh) (lóngyǎn)

Min Nan: 龍眼 (zh-min-nan), 龙眼 (lêng-géng, gêng-gíng)
Finnish: longaani (fi)
French: longanier (fr) m

Khmer: មៀន (km) (miən)
Mongolian: лууны нүд (luuny nüd)
Portuguese: longana f
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Thai: ลำไย (lam-yai)
Vietnamese: nhãn (vi)
Zhuang: faexnganx

fruit

Chinese:
Cantonese: 龍眼, 龙眼 (lung⁴ ngaan⁵)

Hakka: 牛眼 (ngiù-ngién)

Mandarin: 龍眼 (zh), 龙眼 (zh) (lóngyǎn), 桂圓 (zh), 桂圆 (zh) (guìyuán)

Min Nan: 龍眼 (zh-min-nan), 龙眼 (lêng-géng, gêng-gíng)
Finnish: longaani (fi)
French: longane (fr) m
Indonesian: lengkeng (id), kelengkeng (id)
Japanese: 竜眼 (ryukan)
Javanese: klèngkèng (jv)
Kazakh: ұлукөз (ulwköz)

Khmer: មៀន (km) (miən)
Korean: 롱간 (long-gan)
Lao: ໝາກລຳໄຍ (lo) (māk lam nyai)
Mongolian: лууны нүд (luuny nüd)
Portuguese: longana f, longan m
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Thai: ลำไย (lam-yai)
Uyghur: لۇڭيەن‎‎ (lungyen)
Vietnamese: nhãn (vi)
Zhuang: maknganx

Further reading

longan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dimocarpus longan on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Dimocarpus longan on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Esperanto

Adjective

longan

accusative singular of longa

Portuguese

Noun

longan m (plural longans)

longan (fruit of the longan tree)

Synonyms

longana

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