What's In A Name? (from Calamity Cat)
by Pam Allen

A cat's name is a very important thing. Unfortunately, most cats refuse to tell you what their name is, leaving it to the hapless owner to come up with an appropriate handle to hang on the cat...

Reidun's Cat Name Collection
Björns Catnames
Daves Catnames

What is Cat in .........?

Billy -  Hindi 
Biladi Gujarati - India
Biss - Arabic
Bushi -  Cree
Cat -  English
Cattus -  Latin
Chat -  French
Cait -  Gaelic
Catua -  Basque (Spain)
Cha'tool -  Hebrew
Cica/Macska -  Hungarian
Gatto -  Italian
Gato -  Spanish & Portuguese
Gat -  Catalan
Ga'ta -  Greek
Gatz -  Armenian
Gorbe -  Farsi
Gnari Fula -  New Guinea
Hirrah/Qitah -  Arabic
Ikati -  Zulu
Katinas -  Lithuanian
Katt -  Swedish & Norwegian
Katze German
Katsi -  African dialect
Kato Esperanto 
Kedi -  Turkish
Kiisu  - Estonian
Kissa -  Finnish
Koshka -  Russian
Kocka Czech
Ko-yang-i -  Korean
Kotuk -  Ukranian
Kot -  Polish
Kotka -  Bulgarian
Kat - Dutch, Danish
Kut -  Egyptian
Kucing -  Malay & Indonesian
Köttur -  Icelandic
Paka -  Swahili
Popok - i Hawiian 
Pusa -  Filipino
Poes -  Dutch
Pisica -  Romanian    
Macë -  Albanian
Macka -  Slovak
Mao -  Chinese
Miss -  Mayan
Meo -  Thai & Vietnamese
Neko -  Japanese
Qattus -  Maltese  
Wesa -  Cherokee

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