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heron¹
- /ˈhɛɹən/
Rhymes with -ɛɹən
Where it comes from
From Middle English heron, heroun, heiron, from Anglo-Norman heiron, from Medieval Latin hairō, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *hraigrō, from Proto-Germanic *haigrô (compare Swedish häger and Danish hejre), dissimilation of *hraigrô (compare Old English hrāgra, Dutch reiger, German Reiher), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik-, *(s)kreig- (“to screech, creak”) (compare Welsh crëyr (“heron”), Ancient Greek κρίζω (krízō, “to creak, screech”). Compare also egret from the same Germanic etymon.
noun herons
- Any long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.
Heron²
Where it comes from
* As an English and French surname, from heron.
* As an English surname, from Harome in Yorkshire, from Old English harum, dative plural of hær (“stone”)
* As an Irish surname, from O'Heron, from Ó hUidhrín (literally “descendant of Uidhrín”), from odhar (“swarthy”).
* As an Irish surname, from Ó hEaráin; see Haren.
* As an Irish surname, from Mac Giolla Chiaráin (literally “son of the servant of Ciarán”); see Kieran.
proper noun
- A surname.
- A census-designated place in Sanders County, Montana, United States.
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noun bird
| Español | garza |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 왜가리 waegari, 해오라기 hae'oragi, 백로 baengno |
| 日本語 | 鷺 sagi, サギ sagi, 白鷺 shirasagi, シラサギ shirasagi |
| 中文 | 蒼鷺 /苍鹭 cānglù, 鷺 /鹭 lù |
| हिन्दी | वगुला vagulā, बगला baglā, बगुला bagulā, बक bak |
| Português | garça |
| Français | héron |
| Deutsch | Reiher |
| Italiano | airone |
| Ελληνικά | ερωδιός erodiós, αρδέα ardéa, τσικνιάς tsikniás |
| Română | stârc, bâtlan |
| Русский | ца́пля cáplja |
| Tiếng Việt | diệc |
| العربية | مَالِكُ الحَزِين māliku l-ḥazīn, بَلَشُون balašūn |
| עברית | אֲנָפָה anafá |
Talk about this word "heron." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/heron. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. heron. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/heron "heron." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/heron.Cite this
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title = {heron},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/heron},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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