From Latin - and nl. - hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος, from ἵππος ("horse") (English hippo-) + ποταμός ("river").

• (British) IPA: /ˌhɪp.əˈpɒt.ə.məs/
• (America, Canada) IPA: /ˌhɪp.əˈpɑ.tə.məs/, [ˌhɪp.əˈpɑ.ɾə.məs]
• (Philippine) IPA: /hɪ.poˈpo.ta.mʊs/, /hɪ.po.poˈta.mʊs/,
• (Ghana) IPA: /ˌhi.po̞.po̞.ˈte̞ː.mo̞s/
• (Nigeria) IPA: /ˌhi.po.ˈpo.te.mɔs/

hippopotamus

1. A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius; common hippopotamus).

   Synonyms: hippo, river horse

   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC ↗:

     These were the first hippopotami that we had ever seen, and, to judge by their insatiable curiosity, I should judge that we were the first white men that they had ever seen.

2. Any similar animal of the family Hippopotamidae.

• French: hippopotame, hippo, cheval marin
• German: Flusspferd, Nilpferd
• Italian: ippopotamo
• Portuguese: hipopótamo
• Russian: гиппопота́м
• Spanish: hipopótamo

From Latin - and nl. - hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος, from ἵππος ("horse") + ποταμός ("river").

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hippopotamidae – hippopotamuses.

   The hippopotamus belongs to Hippopotamus.