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Asking for Anchovies
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Here's how to ask for the Anchovy in many languages.
We welcome your contributions to this list.
— The Schoolmarm

Afrikaans: ansjovis Esperanto:
ancovo; engraulo; sardelo
Hungarian:
ajóka, szardellapaszta (anchovy paste)
Latin:
Engraulis encrasicholus
Serbo-Croat:
brgljun, incun
Arabic:
??
Faeroese:
ansjós
Icelandic:
Ansjósa
Norwegian:
ansjos
Spanish:
anchoa, boquerón
Catalan:
anxova
Farsi:
kilka
Italian:
alice ancioa, acciughe
Polish:
Sardelowate
Swahili:
dagaa, kabwiri
Chinese:
ti yu
Finnish:
sardelli
Japanese:
katakuchiiwashi, iriko
(dried anchovy)
Portuguese:
biqueirão, enchova
Swedish:
ansjovis
Danish:
ansjos
French:
anchois
Javanese:
bokum
Romanian:
hamsie, sardea, ansoa
Tagalog:
Dilis
Dutch:
Ansjovis
Frisian:
ansjofiske
Korean:
Chirimen
Russian:
anchous
Turkish:
ançüez, hamsi
English:
anchovy, anchovies
German:
Anschovis, Sardelle
Hebrew:
??
Thai:
??
Yiddish:
??
Armenian:
??
Greek:
antjúga, gìavros

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