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Puma
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puma pumă púma
Translingual
right|thumb|Puma concolor (mountain lion)
Etymology
From mul qu puma.
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Felidae mountain lion, puma, or cougar
Hypernyms
species ; Felinae subfamily subfamily
Hyponyms
genus Puma concolor species sole extant species
References
Puma (genus)
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English
Etymology 1
Proper noun
en village c/Solomon Islands.
An administrative ward in the Singida Rural district of Tanzania.
A Kiranti language spoken in Nepal.
Etymology 2
thumb|A pair of Puma lifestyle shoes
See en puma; the name was chosen to highlight ideas of strength, agility, and grace often associated with the large cat.Stephen Peate Puma logo history and meaning Fabrik Brands https://fabrikbrands.com/puma-logo-history-and-meaning-puma-symbol/ 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220409195646/https://fabrikbrands.com/puma-logo-history-and-meaning-puma-symbol/ 9 April 2022.
Noun
An athletic shoe or other piece of athletic gear of a German-based brand of that name.
en Daniel Lynch 5 Bad Fortune New York, N.Y. Pinnacle Books, Windsor Publishing Corp. 1989 42 https://archive.org/details/badfortune00dlyn/page/42/mode/1up 1-55817-182-7 Joe Fortune shook his head, swung his legs over the edge of the bunk, and put on his Pumas.
Further reading
Puma (brand)
References
Anagrams
en ampu paum upma
en Tanzania
en trademarks
German
Etymology
18th century, from de es puma, from de qu puma.
Pronunciation
de /ˈpuːma/
de De-Puma.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,,s
cougar, puma
de Berglöwe Silberlöwe very rare Kuguar
Declension
m,s,s
Descendants
cs puma 1 1
fo puma 1
fi puuma 1
hu puma 1
sv puma 1 1
Further reading
de Felids