How to say "eagle" in Japanese

• わしCommon
  nounThe native word for eagles, the large birds of prey of the Accipitridae family; use it for the actual bird, as in talk about wildlife or a zoo. It is usually written in kana.
  ワシが空そらを飛とんでいる。↗

  An eagle is flying in the sky.
• イーグルCommon
  nounThe English loanword. For the living bird, わし is the ordinary word; イーグル appears mainly where the English term is used as is, as in golf for a score of two under par.

For the bird itself use 「わし」, the word for the large Accipitridae birds of prey; 「イーグル」 is the borrowed English word, used where the English term itself is current, as in golf.

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• わしeagle (Accipitridae family)
• イーグルeagle