The word hippopotamus comes from the Late Greek, and is made up of two words, meaning ‘river’ and ‘horse’. But the animal itself comes from Africa. The OED defines the word as an ‘African river-horse…a very large beast with a thick heavy hairless body, large muzzle and tusks, and short legs…’.

The Latin word “hippopotamus” is derived from the ancient Greek word hippopótamos meaning “river horse”.

Word History The ancient Greeks gave the name hippopotamos to a big, barrel-shaped animal they saw in Africa. English, using the Latin spelling hippopotamus, has kept this name.

According to the algorithm behind Urban Thesaurus, the top 5 slang words for “hippopotamus” are: hippopotami, sloppopotamus, walrapotamus, hippothomas, and lolopotamus. There are 124 other synonyms or words related to hippopotamus listed above.

Hippopotamus emoji is a large animal that spends most of its time in the 💦 Water. But when they’re on land they are surprisingly fast. While hippos can potentially be cute to some, it has been used crudely to call someone fat. If you are calling someone else fat, send this emoji along with the 🤰 Pregnant Woman emoji.

Nicknames, cool fonts, symbols and tags for Hippopotamus – Splash, cookie, hipi, pepper, izzy, Jackey.

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