Meanings
- A country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa. Official name: Union of the Comoros.
Synonyms: Comoro Islands
- An archipelago consisting of the Union of the Comoros and the French overseas department of Mayotte.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa. Official name: Union of the Comoros.
Origin
- Arabicجُزُر الْقُمُر
- FrenchComores
- EnglishComoros
Likely borrowed via French Comores, from Arabic جُزُر الْقُمُر (juzur al-qumur).
More words from French, Arabic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Comore, Comore-eilande
- Comorecountry in Eastern Africa
- Comore-eilandecountry in Eastern Africa
Arabic جُزُر الْقُمُر
- جُزُر الْقُمُر (juzur al-qumur)country in Eastern Africa
Bengali কোমোরোস
- কোমোরোস (kōmōrōs)country in Eastern Africa
Bulgarian Комори, Коморски острови
- Комори (Komori)country in Eastern Africa
- Коморски острови (Komorski ostrovi)country in Eastern Africa
Catalan Comores
- Comorescountry in Eastern Africa
Chinese Mandarin 科摩羅 /科摩罗, 葛摩
- 科摩羅 /科摩罗 (Kēmóluó)country in Eastern Africa
- 葛摩 (Gěmó)country in Eastern Africa
Czech Komory
- Komorycountry in Eastern Africa
Danish Comorerne
- Comorernecountry in Eastern Africa
Dutch Comoren
- Comorencountry in Eastern Africa
Esperanto Komoroj
- Komorojcountry in Eastern Africa
Estonian Komoorid, Komoori saared
- Komooridcountry in Eastern Africa
- Komoori saaredcountry in Eastern Africa
Finnish Komorit
- Komoritcountry in Eastern Africa
French Comores
- Comorescountry in Eastern Africa
German Komoren
- Komorencountry in Eastern Africa
Greek Κομόρες
- Κομόρες (Komóres)country in Eastern Africa
Hebrew קומורו
- קומורו (qomoro)country in Eastern Africa
Hindi कोमोरोस
- कोमोरोस (komoros)country in Eastern Africa
Hungarian Comore-szigetek
- Comore-szigetekcountry in Eastern Africa
Irish Oileáin Chomóra
- Oileáin Chomóracountry in Eastern Africa
Italian Comore
- Comorecountry in Eastern Africa
Japanese コモロ
- コモロ (Komoro)country in Eastern Africa
Korean 코모로, 꼬모르
- 코모로 (Komoro)country in Eastern Africa
- 꼬모르 (kkomoreu)country in Eastern Africa
Lithuanian Komorai
- Komoraicountry in Eastern Africa
Māori Komoro, Komorohi
- Komorocountry in Eastern Africa
- Komorohicountry in Eastern Africa
Norwegian Bokmål Komorene
- Komorenecountry in Eastern Africa
Persian کومور
- کومور (kômôr)country in Eastern Africa
Polish Komory
- Komorycountry in Eastern Africa
Portuguese Comores
- Comorescountry in Eastern Africa
Romanian Comore, Insulele Comore
- Comorecountry in Eastern Africa
- Insulele Comorecountry in Eastern Africa
Russian Комо́рские острова́, Комо́ры
- Комо́рские острова́ (Komórskije ostrová)country in Eastern Africa
- Комо́ры (Komóry)country in Eastern Africa
Spanish Comores, Comoras
- Comorescountry in Eastern Africa
- Comorascountry in Eastern Africa
Swahili Visiwa vya Ngazija, Visiwa vya Komoro
- Visiwa vya Ngazijacountry in Eastern Africa
- Visiwa vya Komorocountry in Eastern Africa
Swedish Komorerna, Comorerna
- Komorernacountry in Eastern Africa
- Comorernacountry in Eastern Africa
Tagalog Komoras
- Komorascountry in Eastern Africa
Thai คอโมโรส
- คอโมโรส (kɔɔ-moo-róos)country in Eastern Africa
Turkish Komorlar
- Komorlarcountry in Eastern Africa
Ukrainian Комо́рські острови́, Комо́ри
- Комо́рські острови́ (Komórsʹki ostrový)country in Eastern Africa
- Комо́ри (Komóry)country in Eastern Africa
Vietnamese Cô-mô-rô, Cô-mo
- Cô-mô-rôcountry in Eastern Africa
- Cô-mocountry in Eastern Africa
Cite this entry
Comoros. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Comoros
“Comoros.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Comoros. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Comoros,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Comoros.
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