| Russian | smaga | flame |
| R.Rom. | magoia | poppy |
| Sbc. | maginja | wild strawberry |
| Ital.n. | magiostra | id. |
| Franç.: Lgd. | majoufo | strawberry |
| Engl. | magenta | (French., Port. id.) "purplish red" (certainly not "because the dye was discovered the year of the battle of Magenta" !) |
| Esp. | almagre | red ochre; Galice almagra red |
| Port. | almagrado | colour of red clay |
| Cat. | mangra | id. |
| Hindi (myth.) | Mangala | a god represented with red flesh, a red necklace and red clothes |
| Sbc. | mangal | glowing fire |
| Alb. | mangall | id. |
| Alb. | krye-mangës | Goldfinch, 415 (red head) |
| Basque | mandal | phoenix |
| Arabic | samandal | phoenix |
| Tamil | manjal | yellow |