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| has gloss | (noun) a legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada; "Paul Bunyan had a blue ox named Babe"; "the lakes of Minnesota began when Paul Bunyan and Babe's footprints filled with water" Bunyan, Paul Bunyan |
| has gloss | eng: Paul Bunyan is a fictional giant lumberjack. People consider the character to be a very talented lumberjack. James MacGillivray wrote about Bunyan in 1910, which is the earliest writing about Bunyan that we know about. A few years later, in 1916, William Laughead was writing an advertisement, and decided to use Bunyan in what he was writing, and decided to make him a giant. |
| has gloss | eng: Paul Bunyan is a mythological lumberjack who is usually believed to be a giant as well as a lumberjack of unusual skill. The character was first documented in the work of U.S. journalist James MacGillivray in 1910. In 1916, as part of an advertising campaign for a logging company, advertisement writer William Laughead reworked the old logging tales into that of a giant lumberjack and gave birth to the modern Paul Bunyan legend. |
| lexicalization | eng: Bunyan |
| lexicalization | eng: Paul Bunyan |
| instance of | (noun) a person who fells trees feller, faller, lumberjack, logger, lumberman |
| instance of | (noun) an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel" fictional character, character, fictitious character |
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| Arabic | |
| has gloss | ara: بول بونيان Paul Bunyan هو شخصية حطاب أسطورية، تظهر شخصيته في القصص الطويلة في الفولكلور الأمريكي. يعتقد عادة أنه عملاق بجانب أنه كان حطابا يتمتع بمقدرات خاصة. تم توثيق الشخصية للمرة الأولى في أعمال الصحفي الأمريكي جيمس ماك جيليفري. تاريخيا كان للشخصية شعبية في القصص المحكية في القرن التاسع عشر في المناطق الشمالية في الولايات المتحدة في ميشيغان وويسكونسن ومنيسوتا. |
| lexicalization | ara: بول بونيان |
| German | |
| has gloss | deu: Paul Bunyan ist ein sagenhafter Holzfäller aus einer so genannten Tall Tale, einer Geschichte, die versucht, natürliche Phänomene in eine märchenhafte Geschichte einzubetten; im Falle Bunyan geschaffen durch einen amerikanischen Journalisten. |
| lexicalization | deu: Paul Bunyan |
| Korean | |
| has gloss | kor: 폴 버니언(Paul Bunyan)은 미국의 전설 이야기에 등장하는 인물이다. 커다란 몸집의 나무꾼으로 원래 신문 연재기사에서 비롯되었다. 미국 북서부(위스콘신,미시간,미네소타)지역에서 특히 인기가 많다. |
| lexicalization | kor: 폴 번연 |
| Polish | |
| has gloss | pol: Paul Bunyan – legendarny drwal amerykański, znacząca postać w folklorze amerykańskim. Często przedstawiany jako gigant; jego towarzyszem jest Babe, Niebieski Wół. Historycy są podzielonego zdania czy postać pochodzi z XIX-wiecznych opowieści, czy jest wytworem literackim z początku XX-wieku. |
| lexicalization | pol: Paul Bunyan |
| Castilian | |
| has gloss | spa: Paul Bunyan es un leñador legendario gigantesco que aparece en algunos relatos tradicionales del folclore estadounidense. Fue creado por el periodista americano James MacGillivray. Está ligado a los estados de Míchigan, Wisconsin y Minnesota, donde goza de gran popularidad. |
| lexicalization | spa: Paul Bunyan |
| Swedish | |
| has gloss | swe: Paul Bunyan, legendarisk jätte i Nordamerika. Gemensamt för alla legender angående Bunyan är att han sägs vara skogshuggare. Många nyare legender inkluderar även en blå Oxe vid namn Babe som skulle ha samma proportionella storlek som Bunyan, vilket alltså innebär en jätteoxe. Enligt vissa legender skulle Bunyan bland annat ha skapat Grand Canyon genom att släpa sin skogshuggar-yxa efter sig. |
| lexicalization | swe: Paul Bunyan |
| Chinese | |
| has gloss | zho: 保羅·班揚（Paul Bunyan），美國神話人物，傳說中的巨人樵夫，力大無窮，伐木快如割草。因其體型巨大，傳說其只需邁一小步，就能跨越三條街。 |
| lexicalization | zho: 保羅·班揚 |
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| similar | e/Bunyan (Breath of Fire character) |
| similar | e/Paul Bunyan (lumberjack) |
| similar | e/Paul Bunyan |
| similar | e/simple/Paul Bunyan |
| Media | |
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| media:img | Akeley-Minnesota-Paul-Bunyan.jpg |
| media:img | Klamath-CA-Babe.jpg |
| media:img | Paul Bunyan Portland.jpg |
| media:img | Paul Bunyan and Babe statues Bemidji Minnesota crop.JPG |
| media:img | PaulBunyanBangorOblique.jpg |
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