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[[File:O-Magnus-CartaMarina.jpg|thumb|right|frame|<small>Sea monsters on the Carta Marina by Olaus Magnus, 1539.</small>]]
[[File:O-Magnus-CartaMarina.jpg|thumb|right|frame|<small>Sea monsters on the Carta Marina by Olaus Magnus, 1539.</small>]]
[[File:Coenen Leviathan.jpg|thumb|frame|right|<small>The Leviathan, or Jonas and the whale. Image from Adriaen Coenen's Fish Book, folio 259v and 260r. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/adriaen-coenen-s-fish-book-1580#0-0</small>]]
[[File:Coenen Leviathan.jpg|thumb|frame|right|<small>The Leviathan, or Jonas and the whale. Image from Adriaen Coenen's Fish Book, folio 259v and 260r. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/adriaen-coenen-s-fish-book-1580#0-0</small>]]
[[File:Zeemonsters.jpg|thumb|right|frame|<small>Sea monsters. Artist unknown, Italy, ca. 1650-1700. [http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.76971 Rijskmuseum]</small> ]]
[[File:Zeemonsters.jpg|thumb|right|<small>Sea monsters. Artist unknown, Italy, ca. 1650-1700. [http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.76971 Rijksmuseum]</small> ]]
'''''leviathan''''' • ''Bibl.'' sea monster. Can refer to a number of imaginary sea creatures, especially those of very large size. Whales were also commonly called Leviathans in a general and often negative connotation.<br /><br />
'''''leviathan''''' • Bibl''.'' sea monster. Can refer to a number of imaginary sea creatures, especially those of very large size. Whales were also commonly called Leviathans in a general and often negative connotation.<br /><br />


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:Leviatano; Mostro
:Leviatano; Mostro
;Greek
;Greek
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:Λεβιάθαν; Τέρας
;Creole
;Creole
:Monstru (Island of Santiago, Cape Verde)
:Monstru (Island of Santiago, Cape Verde)

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Sea monsters on the Carta Marina by Olaus Magnus, 1539.
The Leviathan, or Jonas and the whale. Image from Adriaen Coenen's Fish Book, folio 259v and 260r. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/adriaen-coenen-s-fish-book-1580#0-0
Sea monsters. Artist unknown, Italy, ca. 1650-1700. Rijksmuseum

leviathan • Bibl. sea monster. Can refer to a number of imaginary sea creatures, especially those of very large size. Whales were also commonly called Leviathans in a general and often negative connotation.

English
Leviathan
Portuguese
Leviatã; Monstro
Norwegian
Leviatan
Dutch
Leviathan; Zeemonster
German
Leviathan; Seeungeheuer; Seeungetüm
French
Léviathan
Spanish
Leviatán; Monstruo
Catalan
Leviatà; Monstre
Italian
Leviatano; Mostro
Greek
Λεβιάθαν; Τέρας
Creole
Monstru (Island of Santiago, Cape Verde)
Monstlu (Forro, creoule of São Tomé and Príncipe)

Animals leviathan may refer to:

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