Calico

Etymology
From Calicut, in India, from where the cloth was originally exported, from, from + , with ‘y’ replaced by interchangeable ‘zh’.

Noun

 * 1)  A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.
 * 2)  ; a cat with fur of the colors black, white and orange.
 * 1)  ; a cat with fur of the colors black, white and orange.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: شيت
 * Bulgarian:, хасе, басма
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Kattun,
 * Hindi: छींट,
 * Italian:
 * Kumyk: чыт


 * Maori: kariko
 * Portuguese: calicó, calicô
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish: calicó
 * Swahili: kaniki
 * Swedish:
 * Yiddish: ציץ


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 三毛貓
 * Dutch:, calicokat


 * Japanese: 三毛猫, 三毛
 * Spanish: gato calicó
 * Vietnamese: mèo tam thể

Adjective

 * 1) Having a pattern of red and contrasting areas, resembling the color of calico cloth.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: басмен, ,