Afrikaans landskap | ||
Albanian peisazhit | ||
Amharic የመሬት አቀማመጥ | ||
Arabic المناظر الطبيعيه | ||
Armenian բնապատկեր | ||
Assamese ভূচিত্ৰ | ||
Aymara paysaji | ||
Azerbaijani mənzərə | ||
Bambara dugufɛrɛ | ||
Basque paisaia | ||
Belarusian пейзаж | ||
Bengali ল্যান্ডস্কেপ | ||
Bhojpuri परिदृश्य | ||
Bosnian pejzaž | ||
Bulgarian пейзаж | ||
Catalan paisatge | ||
Cebuano talan-awon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 景观 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 景觀 | ||
Corsican paisaghju | ||
Croatian krajolik | ||
Czech krajina | ||
Danish landskab | ||
Dhivehi ލޭންޑްސްކޭޕް | ||
Dogri कुदरती नजारा | ||
Dutch landschap | ||
English landscape | ||
Esperanto pejzaĝo | ||
Estonian maastik | ||
Ewe anyigbã ƒe kpɔkpɔme | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) tanawin | ||
Finnish maisema | ||
French paysage | ||
Frisian lânskip | ||
Galician paisaxe | ||
Georgian პეიზაჟი | ||
German landschaft | ||
Greek τοπίο | ||
Guarani ñupyso | ||
Gujarati લેન્ડસ્કેપ | ||
Haitian Creole jaden flè | ||
Hausa wuri mai faɗi | ||
Hawaiian ʻāina ʻāina | ||
Hebrew נוֹף | ||
Hindi परिदृश्य | ||
Hmong toj roob hauv pes | ||
Hungarian tájkép | ||
Icelandic landslag | ||
Igbo odida obodo | ||
Ilocano ladawan ti daga | ||
Indonesian pemandangan | ||
Irish tírdhreach | ||
Italian paesaggio | ||
Japanese 風景 | ||
Javanese malang | ||
Kannada ಭೂದೃಶ್ಯ | ||
Kazakh ландшафт | ||
Khmer ទេសភាព | ||
Kinyarwanda imiterere | ||
Konkani लँडस्केप | ||
Korean 경치 | ||
Krio land | ||
Kurdish dorhalî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئاسۆیی | ||
Kyrgyz пейзаж | ||
Lao ພູມສັນຖານ | ||
Latin orbis terrarum | ||
Latvian ainava | ||
Lingala paysage | ||
Lithuanian peizažas | ||
Luganda ettaka | ||
Luxembourgish landschaft | ||
Macedonian пејзаж | ||
Maithili परिदृश्य | ||
Malagasy tontolo | ||
Malay pemandangan | ||
Malayalam ലാൻഡ്സ്കേപ്പ് | ||
Maltese pajsaġġ | ||
Maori whenua | ||
Marathi लँडस्केप | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯂꯝꯃꯤꯠ ꯇꯨꯝꯃꯤꯠ | ||
Mizo leilung | ||
Mongolian ландшафт | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ရှုခင်း | ||
Nepali परिदृश्य | ||
Norwegian landskap | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) malo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡସ୍କେପ୍ | ||
Oromo taa'umsa lafaa | ||
Pashto منظره | ||
Persian چشم انداز | ||
Polish krajobraz | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) panorama | ||
Punjabi ਲੈਂਡਸਕੇਪ | ||
Quechua paisaje | ||
Romanian peisaj | ||
Russian пейзаж | ||
Samoan laufanua | ||
Sanskrit भूप्रदेश | ||
Scots Gaelic sealladh-tìre | ||
Sepedi ponagalo ya naga | ||
Serbian пејзаж | ||
Sesotho ponahalo ea naha | ||
Shona landscape | ||
Sindhi منظر نامي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) භූ දර්ශනය | ||
Slovak krajina | ||
Slovenian pokrajina | ||
Somali muuqaalka | ||
Spanish paisaje | ||
Sundanese bentang | ||
Swahili mandhari | ||
Swedish landskap | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) tanawin | ||
Tajik манзара | ||
Tamil இயற்கை | ||
Tatar пейзаж | ||
Telugu ప్రకృతి దృశ్యం | ||
Thai ภูมิทัศน์ | ||
Tigrinya ኣቀማምጣ መሬት | ||
Tsonga ndhawu | ||
Turkish manzara | ||
Turkmen peýza | ||
Twi (Akan) asase bɔbea | ||
Ukrainian краєвид | ||
Urdu زمین کی تزئین | ||
Uyghur مەنزىرە | ||
Uzbek manzara | ||
Vietnamese phong cảnh | ||
Welsh tirwedd | ||
Xhosa imbonakalo-mhlaba | ||
Yiddish לאַנדשאַפט | ||
Yoruba ala-ilẹ | ||
Zulu ukwakheka kwezwe |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "landskap" can also refer to a specific type of administrative division in South Africa or Namibia, equivalent to a province or district. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "peisazhit" derives from the French word "paysage", which originally meant "countryside" or "region". |
| Arabic | The Arabic word derives from the same root as the Latin word "contemplari," meaning "to gaze at," emphasizing the act of observing and connecting with the natural environment. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "mənzərə" (landscape) in Azerbaijani is derived from the Arabic word "manzara," meaning "view" or "scene."} |
| Basque | The Basque word "paisaia" shares cognates with "paysage" in French and "paesaggio" in Italian, both meaning "landscape". |
| Belarusian | The word 'пейзаж' is a borrowing from the French 'paysage', and also means 'country'. |
| Bengali | ল্যান্ডস্কেপ (landscape) শব্দটির উৎপত্তি সুইডিশ শব্দ 'landskap' থেকে, যার অর্থ 'অঞ্চল' |
| Bosnian | The word "pejzaž" (landscape) comes from the Italian word "paese" meaning "countryside". It also refers to a genre of art depicting natural scenery. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "пейзаж" comes from the French word "paysage", which originally meant "countryside" or "country scenery". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "paisatge" can also refer to a painting or tapestry depicting a landscape. |
| Cebuano | "Talan-awon" may come from "tan-aw" which means "view" or "sight", hence it refers to the "what is seen". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | It's also used as a suffix in the compound word of "风景名胜"} |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word "景觀" can be decomposed into "景" (view) and "觀" (to look at), suggesting not only the physical environment but also the subjective experience of observing it. |
| Corsican | The word "paisaghju" is derived from the Sardinian word "paesaggiu" and the Italian word "paesaggio". |
| Croatian | The word 'krajolik' in Croatian is derived from the Old Slavic word 'kraj', meaning 'border' or 'edge', and refers to the outer appearance or the natural features of a terrain. |
| Czech | The word "krajina" in Czech also refers to a border region or frontier. |
| Danish | 'Landskab' also refers to a particular geographical region, and its inhabitants. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "landschap" originally meant "a piece of land that has been reclaimed from the sea or a river." |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "pejzaĝo" derives from the French word "paysage" which originally meant "countryside". |
| Estonian | The word "maastik" is also used to refer to the surface of a planet or the environment in a play or a movie. |
| Finnish | The word "maisema" also refers to a genre of Finnish folk music that features lyrics depicting Finnish nature and landscapes. |
| French | The word 'paysage' is derived from the Old French word 'peis', meaning 'country' or 'region'. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "lânskip" is derived from the Old Frisian word "lânskib", meaning "a piece of land" or "a cultivated field." |
| Galician | The Galician word "paisaxe" comes from the Latin "pagus" (village) and also means "countryside". |
| Georgian | The word "პეიზაჟი" (landscape) comes from the French word "paysage", which originally meant "countryside". In Georgian, it can also be used to refer to a painting or a photograph of a landscape. |
| German | The word "Landschaft" in German also refers to a political or administrative territory, like a county or province. |
| Greek | The word "τοπίο" originated from the Middle French word "paysage", meaning "countryside" or "region". |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "લેન્ડસ્કેપ" (landscape) comes from the English word "landscape" and has the same meaning in English. |
| Haitian Creole | "Jaden flè" can also mean "flower plot" in English. |
| Hausa | "Wuri mai faɗi" in Hausa can also mean "flat ground" or "open field". |
| Hawaiian | 'Āina 'āina' in Hawaiian can refer to both 'land' and 'food'. |
| Hebrew | The word "נוֹף" ("landscape") also means "a view" or "a horizon" in Hebrew. |
| Hindi | "परिदृश्य" (landscape) in Hindi can also mean "circumstance" or "situation". |
| Hmong | In Hmong, 'toj roob hauv pes' translates to 'landscape,' an area that has been cultivated, with the phrase literally meaning 'middle field and garden.' |
| Hungarian | "Tájkép" derives from the Hungarian word "táj" (region) and the Turkish word "kef" (pleasure). |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, the word "landslag" holds a rich etymology, encompassing both its primary definition of "landscape" and a historical connotation as the division of a country or region into districts. |
| Igbo | In Igbo, "odida obodo" can also refer to a map, a plan or design, and a boundary or border. |
| Indonesian | 'Pemandangan' originates from the Malay word 'pandang', meaning 'to look' or 'to see'. |
| Irish | "Tírdhreach" means "landscape" in Irish but also has meanings of "face of the land," "countryside," and "terrain." |
| Italian | The word "paesaggio" derives from the Latin "pagus," meaning "countryside" or "village," and originally referred to a rural or agricultural area. |
| Japanese | Originally written as "風情" in kanji, meaning "style" or "atmosphere", the word "風景" also retains this meaning in modern Japanese. |
| Javanese | The word "malang" in Javanese also refers to a feeling of deep sadness or longing. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಭೂದೃಶ್ಯ" comes from the Sanskrit word "दृश्य", meaning "that which is seen", and is used to describe a natural scene or a painting representing one. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word 'ландшафт' ('landscape') comes from the Russian word 'ландшафт' ('landscape'), which in turn is based on the Dutch word 'landschap' ('landscape') and originally meant a piece of land that had been cultivated. |
| Khmer | The word "ទេសភាព" (landscape) is closely related to "ទេស" (place) and "ភាព" (quality or state), conveying a sense of a place's unique and enduring qualities. |
| Korean | The word "경치" originates from Chinese and originally meant "view" or "scene". |
| Kurdish | The word "dorhalî" can also refer to a specific type of Kurdish folktale or to a topographic feature such as a mountain pass. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "пейзаж" is of French origin and means "part of the earth's surface that is visible from a single viewpoint". |
| Latin | The term "Orbis Terrarum" has been used to describe the whole world since the Roman Empire, but was originally used to describe a circular piece of land. |
| Latvian | The word "ainava" in Latvian is derived from a Proto-Indo-European base *ein- meaning "to see" and is related to "view" and "panorama". |
| Lithuanian | Peizažas derives from the French word "paysage", meaning "countryside" or "scenery". |
| Luxembourgish | Als landschaft (luxemburgisch) bezeichnet man im übertragenen Sinne die Verwaltung einer Gemeinde. |
| Macedonian | The term "пејзаж" (landscape) comes from the French "paysage", but in Macedonian it also denotes a broader concept, including any type of scenery or environment. |
| Malagasy | Tontolo shares a root with the verb 'mitontolo' ('to spread or set out') |
| Malay | The word 'pemandangan' is derived from the root word 'pandang', which means 'to look' or 'to observe'. |
| Malayalam | The word |
| Maltese | Maltese "pajsaġġ" comes from the Italian "paesaggio", which in turn derives from the Latin "pagus", meaning "countryside" or "village". |
| Maori | The word 'whenua' in Māori also refers to the placenta, the land, and the earth, reflecting the interconnectedness of all things in the natural world. |
| Marathi | The word 'लँडस्केप' ('landscape') is derived from the Dutch word 'landschap', which means 'a piece of land'. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "ландшафт" can also refer to the physical features of a region, such as its mountains, rivers, and valleys |
| Nepali | Though the word परिदृश्य originates from Sanskrit 'दृश्यम्' meaning 'something seen', it also signifies the concept of 'change over time' in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "landskap" can also refer to a traditional county or administrative unit. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "malo" can also refer to a plain, field, or open area. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "منظره" also means "scenery" and "view". |
| Persian | The Persian word 'چشم انداز' (landscape) can also refer to a "view" or "prospect". |
| Polish | The word "krajobraz" derives from the Old Polish phrase "kraj obraz", meaning "the image of the land." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "panorama" also refers to a painting or a film that offers a wide view of a scene. |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਲੈਂਡਸਕੇਪ" is derived from the English word "landscape", which itself comes from the Dutch word "landschap" meaning "a piece of land". |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "peisaj" comes from French "paysage," which is itself derived from Late Latin "pagensis" meaning "of the country," from Latin "pagus" meaning "village" or "district." |
| Russian | The Russian word "пейзаж" derives from the Dutch "peisage" and its meaning has expanded from "view" or "image" to include the broader concept of "landscape." |
| Samoan | The term 'laufanua' also refers to the area of land on the coastal side of a traditional Samoan village. |
| Serbian | The word "пејзаж" (landscape) in Serbian may also refer to a "stage set" or "backdrop", particularly in the context of theater or filmmaking. |
| Sesotho | The words "pona" meaning "beautiful" and "halo" meaning "world" combine to form the word "ponahalo ea naha". |
| Shona | The word "landscape" was originally used to designate the appearance of the land itself rather than any image of that land. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "منظر نامي" (landscape) is derived from the Persian word "منظر" (view, sight) and "نام" (name). |
| Slovak | The word "krajina" is also used to refer to a region or a country. |
| Slovenian | "Pokrajina" derives from "po" (under), "kraj" (edge), and the suffix "-ina": "what is under the edge". |
| Somali | The Somali word "muuqaalka" also means "appearance" and is related to the verb "muuqan" which means "to appear" or "to look like". |
| Spanish | "paisaje" derives from the Latin "pagus", which means "countryside" or "region" and in turn from the Greek "pagos" meaning "settlement" or "hamlet". |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "bentang" originally meant "expanse" or "open space" and can also refer to "the natural environment" or "the world". |
| Swahili | The word "mandhari" in Swahili is also used to refer to a painting or photograph of a landscape. |
| Swedish | "Landskap" also means province and refers to the historical provinces of Sweden. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "tanawin" likely originates from the root word "tanaw" meaning to view or see. |
| Tajik | The word "манзара" comes from the Persian word "manzar" meaning "view" or "scene". |
| Tamil | இயற்கை' is also a term used to describe nature, the natural environment, or the natural world. |
| Telugu | The word 'ప్రకృతి దృశ్యం' is a compound word that originated from the Sanskrit words 'प्रकृति' (nature) and 'दृश्य' (scenery), thus meaning 'a view of nature'. |
| Thai | The Thai word "ภูมิทัศน์" (literally "earth-view") is derived from the Sanskrit words "bhumi" (earth) and "darsana" (view). In addition to its primary meaning of "landscape," it can also refer to a "worldview," "philosophy," or "ideology." |
| Turkish | Manzara is a Turkish word of Persian origin that can also mean “view” or “scenery”. |
| Ukrainian | The word "краєвид" is derived from the Old Slavonic word "край", meaning "edge" or "border", and "вид", meaning "view". Thus, it literally means "a view from the edge" or "a view of the surroundings". |
| Urdu | The word "landscape" derives from the Dutch "landschap," meaning "a piece of land". It can also refer to a painting or photograph of a natural scene. |
| Uzbek | Manzara has also been used to indicate "a beautiful and vast area of land." |
| Vietnamese | "Phong cảnh" literally means "wind-view," but it is also used to describe a "beautiful scene" or a "painting of nature." |
| Welsh | "Tirwedd" derives from the Welsh words "tir" (land) and "gwedd" (appearance or aspect), thus literally meaning "land's appearance." |
| Xhosa | "Imbonakalo-mhlaba" can also refer to the view from a high place. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "לאַנדשאַפט" also means "countryside" or "farmland". |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "ala-ilẹ" literally means "face of the earth" or "surface of the ground". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "ukwakheka kwezwe" also means "the face of the earth" or "the shape of the earth". |
| English | The word "landscape" comes from the Dutch words "land" and "schap" meaning "a region or territory" and "shape" respectively. |