Sunflower is a common name for the popular annual species Helianthus annuus. The round flower heads in combination with the ligules look like the sun. Sunflowers are usually tall plants. Some species can grow to a height of 300 cm or more. Most sunflowers are originally from North and Central America.

The reference to the sun is strong also in other languages. Below you can see a list of the word ‘sunflower’ translated into dozens of languages. The clear majority of the words contain the sun.

  • Afrikaans – sonneblom
  • Albanian – luledielli
  • Arabo – دوار الشمس (duwwar alshams)
  • Armenian – արեւածաղիկ
  • Azerbaijani – günəbaxan
  • Basque – ekilorea
  • Belarusian – подсолнух
  • Bengalese – সূর্যমুখী
  • Bosnian – suncokret
  • Bulgarian – слънчоглед
  • Catalan – gira-sol
  • Cebuano – sunflower
  • Chichewa – mpendadzuwa
  • Cinese – 向日葵 (xiàngrìkuí)
  • Croatian – suncokret
  • Ceco – slunečnice
  • Danish – solsikke
  • Dutch – zonnebloem
  • Estonian – päevalill
  • Filipino – mirasol
  • Finlandese – auringonkukka
  • Francese – tournesol
  • Galician – xirasol
  • Georgian – მზესუმზირის
  • Tedesco – Sonnenblume
  • Greek – ηλιοτρόπιο (iliotrópio)
  • Gujarati – સૂર્યમુખી
  • Hausa – sunflower
  • Hebrew – חַמָנִית
  • Hindi – सूरजमुखी
  • Hmong – paj noob hlis
  • Hungarian – napraforgó
  • Icelandic – Sólblómaolía
  • Igbo – sunflower
  • Indonesian – bunga matahari
  • Irish – lus na gréine
  • Italiano – girasole
  • Giapponese – ヒマワリ
  • Javanese – kembang
  • Kannada – ಸೂರ್ಯಕಾಂತಿ
  • Kazakh – күнбағыс
  • Khmer – ផ្កាឈូករ័ត្ន
  • Korean – 해바라기 (haebalagi)
  • Lao – sunflower
  • Latvian – saulespuķe
  • Lithuanian – saulėgrąža
  • Macedonian – сончоглед
  • Malay – bunga matahari
  • Malayalam – സൂര്യകാന്തി
  • Maltese – ġirasol
  • Maori – putirā
  • Marathi – सूर्यफूल
  • Mongolian – наранцэцгийн
  • Myanmar – နေကြာ
  • Nepali – सूर्यमुखी
  • Norvegese – solsikke
  • Persian – آفتابگردان
  • Polish – słonecznik
  • Portoghese – girassol
  • Romanian – floarea-soarelui
  • Russo – подсолнух (podsolnukh)
  • Serbian – сунцокрет (suncokret)
  • Sesotho – sonobolomo
  • Sinhala – සූරියකාන්ත
  • Slovak – slnečnica
  • Slovenian – sončnica
  • Somali – gabbaldayaha
  • Spagnolo – girasol
  • Swahili – alizeti
  • Svedese – solros
  • Tajik – офтобпараст
  • Tamil – சூரியகாந்தி
  • Telugu – పొద్దుతిరుగుడు
  • Thai – ดอกทานตะวัน
  • Turco – ayçiçeği
  • Ucraino – соняшник (sonyashnyk)
  • Urdu – سورج مکھی
  • Uzbek – kungaboqar
  • Vietnamese – Hoa hướng dương
  • Welsh – blodyn yr haul
  • Yiddish – זונרויז
  • Yoruba – sunflower

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