Meanings
nounpurple heron (plural purple herons)
plural purple herons
- A wading bird, Ardea purpurea, having reddish-brown plumage and found throughout southern Europe and Asia.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 紫鷺 /紫鹭
- 紫鷺 /紫鹭 (zǐlù)Ardea purpurea
Danish purpurhejre
- purpurhejreArdea purpurea
Dutch purperreiger
- purperreigerArdea purpurea
Esperanto purpura ardeo
- purpura ardeoArdea purpurea
Finnish ruskohaikara
- ruskohaikaraArdea purpurea
French héron pourpré
- héron pourpréArdea purpurea
German Purpurreiher
- PurpurreiherArdea purpurea
Hungarian vörös gém
- vörös gémArdea purpurea
Italian airone rosso
- airone rossoArdea purpurea
Japanese 紫鷺
- 紫鷺 (murasaki sagi)Ardea purpurea
Korean 붉은왜가리
- 붉은왜가리 (bulgeunwaegari)Ardea purpurea
Polish czapla purpurowa
- czapla purpurowaArdea purpurea
Portuguese garça-vermelha
- garça-vermelhaArdea purpurea
Romanian stârc roșu
- stârc roșuArdea purpurea
Russian ры́жая ца́пля
- ры́жая ца́пля (rýžaja cáplja)Ardea purpurea
Spanish garza imperial
- garza imperialArdea purpurea
Swedish purpurhäger
- purpurhägerArdea purpurea
Tagalog kandangaok, dangkanghawok
- kandangaokArdea purpurea
- dangkanghawokArdea purpurea
Welsh crëyr porffor
- crëyr porfforArdea purpurea
Cite this entry
APA
purple heron. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purple%20heron
MLA
“purple heron.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purple%20heron. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “purple heron,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purple%20heron.
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