Flamingo definition in English

Flamingo is a tall wading bird with mainly pink or scarlet plumage and long legs and neck. It has a heavy bent bill that is held upside down in the water in order to filter-feed on small organisms.

Flamingo in Swahili

“Flamingo” can be translated in Swahili as both heroe and flamingo.

Heroe: This term is older and less commonly used in modern Swahili, especially for everyday conversation.

Pronunciation: heh-ROW-eh

Flamingo: This is the more common and widely understood term for flamingo in modern Swahili. It’s directly borrowed from English and pronounced similarly.

Pronunciation: fla-MING-go

Maana ya flamingo katika Kiswahili/ Meaning of flamingo in Swahili

Flamingo ni ndege wa jamii ya korongo anayepatikana sehemu zenye maziwa mwenye miguu mirefu nyekundu, shingo ndefu na mwili wa rangi nyeupe wenye wekundu.

Kisawe cha flamingo ni heroe.

Example in a sentence/ Mfano katika sentensi

Ndege wa flamingo wana rangi nzuri sana.

(Flamingos have very beautiful colors.)

Niliona kundi kubwa la ndege wa flamingo kwenye ziwa.

(I saw a large group of flamingos at the lake.)

Niliona heroe wakitembea kwenye ziwa la Victoria.

(I saw flamingos walking on Lake Victoria.)

Kuna kundi kubwa la heroe katika hifadhi ya taifa ya Nakuru

(There is a large group of flamingos in Nakuru National Park.)