red deer
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red deer¹
- /ɹɛd dɪɹ/ US
- /ɹɛd dɪə/ UK
noun red deer · red deers
- A species of large deer, Cervus elaphus, found in Europe and southwestern Asia.
- The wapiti or North American elk, Cervus canadensis, a deer species of North America, long believed to be a subspecies of the European red deer.
Red Deer²
Where it comes from
A translation of Cree ᐘᐢᑲᓲ ᓰᐱᕀ (waskasoo siipiy, “elk creek”), mistranslated by British fur traders as red deer river after mistaking elk for European red deer. The mistranslated name was used to name the Red Deer River which served as the namesake for the original settlement.
proper noun
- A city in Alberta, Canada, the centre of Red Deer County.
Translations
Every language
noun Cervus elaphus
| Español | ciervo rojo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 붉은사슴 bulgeunsaseum |
| 日本語 | 赤鹿 akashika |
| 中文 | 馬鹿 /马鹿 mǎlù |
| Português | veado, cervo |
| Français | cerf commun, cerf rouge, cerf élaphe, élaphe |
| Deutsch | Rothirsch |
| Italiano | cervo nobile |
| Ελληνικά | ελάφι eláfi, κόκκινο ελάφι kókkino eláfi |
| Română | cerb comun |
| Русский | благоро́дный оле́нь blagoródnyj olénʹ |
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