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Female creature with a fish tail and human body. Varies in size from country to country. Features a.o. in H.C. Andersen's "Den lille havfrue".[[File:Mermaid-and-Merman-Sebastian-Munster-Cosmographia-1578.jpg|thumb|right|frame| Mermaid and Merman in Cosmographia by Sebastian Münster, 1578]] | Female creature with a fish tail and human body (male counterpart: [[Merman]]). Varies in size from country to country. Features a.o. in H.C. Andersen's "Den lille havfrue".[[File:Mermaid-and-Merman-Sebastian-Munster-Cosmographia-1578.jpg|thumb|right|frame| Mermaid and Merman in Cosmographia by Sebastian Münster, 1578]] | ||
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Revision as of 08:31, 22 January 2021
Female creature with a fish tail and human body (male counterpart: Merman). Varies in size from country to country. Features a.o. in H.C. Andersen's "Den lille havfrue".
- English
- Mermaid
- Portuguese
- Sereia; Serena; Nereida; Marinha
- Norwegian
- Havfrue
- Dutch
- Zeemeermin; Meermin
- German
- Meerjungfrau; Seejungfrau; Nixe; Fischweib
- French
- Sirène
- Spanish
- Sirena
- Italian
- Sirena
- Greek
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