Other Names lion d’Afrique (French) Löwe (German) león (Spanish) ambessa (Amharic: Ethiopia) nkharam (Chichewa: Malawi) xamm (Damara: Namibia) zaki (Hausa) hiun chituwa (Nepal) odum, aja (Ibo, Yoruba: Nigeria) n!hai (Ju/hoan Bushman: Botswana, Namibia)

ngatia, muruthi (Kikuyu: Kenya) ngouambulu (Lingala: West Africa) labwor (Luo: Kenya, Uganda) olugatany (Maasai, Samburu: Kenya, Tanzania) leao (Portugese) tau (Setswana: Botswana) simba (KiSwahili) aar, baranbarqo, libaax, gool, davar (Somalia)

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