Planning to travel sometime soon? Ever wondered what name hedgehogs go by in other lands? Here is a dictionary of words for hedgehog in a variety of languages from around the world:

• Afrikaans: krimpvarkie

• Anglo-Saxon: igil or il

• Arabic: qunfud

• Bengali: kata chua (spikey mouse)

• Bulgarian: taralej

• Chinese: ci-wei (needle animal)

• Cornish: sort

• Croatian: jez

• Czech: jezek

• Danish: pindsvin

• Dutch: egel

• English: hedgehog, hedge-pig, herichun, urchin

• Finnish: siili

• French: herisson

• Gaelic: crainneag

• German: igel

• Greek: skandzohoiros

• Hebrew: kipod

• Hindi: aik parkar ka jangli chuha ("a spikey sort of mouse")

• Hungarian: sün, süni, sündisznó

• Irish: grainneog

• Korean: kosŭmdoch’i

• Italian: riccio

• Japanese: hejjihoggu or harinezumi

• Latin: erinaceus

• Maltese: Qanfud

• Mandarin Chinese: Cìweì

• Norwegian: piggsvin

• Persian: kharpusht

• Polish: jez

• Portuguese: ourico

• Punjabi: kanderala ("thorned animal")

• Russian: ezh

• Slovenian: jez.

• Spanish: erizo

• Swahili: kalunguyeye

• Turkish: kirpi

• Swedish: igelkott

• Welsh: draenog 

Our many thanks go out to all those who have contributed to this growing list of translations - Bryan