You Call It Football, I Call It ποδόσφαιρο
This morning, I thought I would put together a list of the words different countries use for football, at no added charge.
Listed below, in order of the most commonly used words, are the 32 countries competing in the 2006 World Cup. I don't know what word Iran uses, and if there are glaring errors, please leave a comment!
football (6; called le football or le foot in CIV, FRA, & TOG)
Côte d'Ivoire, England, France, Ghana, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago
fútbol (6)
Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Spain
futebol (3)
Angola, Brazil, Portugal
soccer (2)
Australia, USA
Fußball (2)
Germany, Switzerland
kurat al qadam (2)
Saudi Arabia, Tunisia
nogomet (1)
Croatia
fotbal (1)
Czech Republic
Iran ???
calcio (1)
Italy
sakka (サッカー) (1)
Japan
voetbal (1)
Netherlands
piłka nożna (1)
Poland
fudbalski (1)
Serbia and Montenegro
chook gu (축구) (1)
South Korea
fotboll (1)
Sweden
футболу (1)
Ukraine
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