Names for Gnomes in Various Languages

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English................................................................ Gnome

Irish.....................................................................Gnome

Mexico.................................................................Gnomo

Flemish................................................... Kleinmanneken

Dutch ...............................................................Kabouter

German ................................................Heinzelmannchen

Norwegian.............................................. Tomte or Nisse

Swedish ..........................................Tomtenisse or Nisse

Danish ...................................................................Nisse

Polish................................................................... Gnom

Finnish................................................................. Tonttu

Russian ...........................................Domovoi Djedoesjka

Serbo ....................................................................Kepec

Croatian................................................................Patuljak

Bulgarian.............................................................. Djudje

Czechoslovakian.................................................. Skritek

Hungarian............................................................. Mano

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