- List of encyclopedias by language
This is a list of encyclopedias sorted by language. For other sorting criteria, see
List of encyclopedias .Albanian
Encyclopedias written in Albanian.
*Albanian Wikipedia (Wikipedia shqip)Arabic
Encyclopedias written in
Arabic .*
Global Arabic Encyclopedia (1992–...) [http://www.mawsoah.net/] (الموسوعة العربية العالمية)
*Arab Ecyclopedia [http://www.arab-ency.com/] (الموسوعة العربية)
*Arabic Wikipedia (ويكيبيديا العربية)Bulgarian
Encyclopedias written in Bulgarian
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Danchovi Bros Bulgarian Encyclopedia (1936) (Българска енциклопедия на Братя Данчови)*
Concise Bulgarian Encyclopedia (1963-1969) (Кратка българска енциклопедия)*
Encyclopedia Bulgaria (1981-1997) (Енциклопедия България)*
Bulgarian Wikipedia (Уикипедия на български език)Catalan
Encyclopedias written in Catalan.
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Catalan Ecyclopedia [http://www.grec.cat/] (Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana)Chinese
Encyclopedias written in Chinese.
Croatian
Encyclopedia written in Croatian.
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Enciklopedija hrvatske umjetnosti (1995-1996) ("Encyclopedia of Croatian Art")
*Filmska enciklopedija (1986-1990) ("Film Encyclopedia")
*General Encyclopedia of the Yugoslavian Lexicographical Institute ("Opća enciklopedija Jugoslavenskog leksikografskog zavoda")
*Hrvatska enciklopedija (1999-2007) ("Croatian Encyclopedia")
*Istarska enciklopedija (2005) ("Istrian Encyclopedia")
*Krležijana (1993-1999) ("Encyclopedia of Miroslav Krleža")
*Medicinska enciklopedija (1967-1986) ("Medical Encyclopedia")
*Pomorska enciklopedija (1972-1989) ("Naval Encyclopedia")
*Tehnička enciklopedija (1963-1997) ("Technical Encyclopedia")
*Croatian Wikipedia ("Wikipedija na hrvatskom jeziku")Danish
Encyclopedias written in Danish.
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Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon "
*"Den Store Danske Encyklopædi "
*"Danish Wikipedia "Dutch
Encyclopedias written in Dutch.
*"Winkler Prins Geïllustreerde Encyclopaedie" (1870-1882; 2nd ed. 1884-1888)
*"Oosthoek's Geïllustreerde Encyclopaedie" (1916-1923; 7th ed. 1976-1981)
*"Grote Nederlandse Larousse Encyclopedie " (1971-1979)
*"Grote Spectrum Encyclopedie " (1974-1980)
*Dutch Wikipedia ("Nederlandstalige Wikipedia")
*"Eerste Nederlandse Systematisch Ingerichte Encyclopaedie " (abbr. E.N.S.I.E., "First Dutch Systematically Arranged Encyclopaedia")English
Encyclopedias written in English.
*" [http://encyc.org Encyc.org] : online, collaborative encyclopedia based on wiki software
*"Encyclopaedia Americana",Francis Lieber (1829–1858)
*"Academic American Encyclopedia "
*"The Children's Encyclopedia ", byArthur Mee .
*"Collier's Encyclopedia "
*"Columbia Encyclopedia ": a one-volume encyclopedia fromColumbia University Press last published in2000 .
*"Cambridge Encyclopedia ": a one-volume encyclopedia fromCambridge University Press last published in1997 .
*"Compton's Encyclopedia ": 26 volume encyclopedia
*"Encyclopedia Americana ": both a print work and currently a part of Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.
*"Encyclopædia Biblica ": published in1899 .
*"Encyclopædia Britannica ": one of the best-known encyclopedias in English. See also the "1911 Encyclopedia Britannica ".
*"Encyclopedia of Associations ": a printed directory of associations and nonprofit groups published byThomson Gale . Also available online asAssociations Unlimited .
*"Funk and Wagnalls "
*"Groliers Encyclopedia "
*"Grolier Book of Knowledge ": 20 volumes of equal length
*"New American Desk Encyclopedia ": Small paperback encyclopedia last published in1997
*"Oracle Encyclopædia ": a five volume encyclopedia published in1895
*The Poets' Encyclopedia edited byMichael Andre
*"Random House Encyclopedia ": a one-volume encyclopedia fromRandom House last published in1990
*"Pears Cyclopaedia ": a one-volume encylopaedia published annually in the United Kingdom
*"The Penguin Encyclopedia ": a one-volume encyclopedia published by thePenguin Group in2002 and edited byDavid Crystal
*"World Book ": designed for family use, World Book is the world's best selling print encyclopedia
* "New International Encyclopaedia" (1902–1927)
* "Collier's Encyclopedia " (1951–1998)
* "The Nuttall Encyclopaedia "
* "Dictionary of the Middle Ages " (1982–1989)
*English Wikipedia (2001)
* "Banglapedia ", the national encyclopedia ofBangladesh Estonian
Encyclopedias written in Estonian.
*"Eesti Üleüldise teaduse raamat ehk encyklopädia konversationi-lexikon " byKarl August Hermann (1900–1906)
*"Eesti Entsüklopeedia " (1932–1937)
*"Eesti nõukogude entsüklopeedia " (1968–1976)
*"ENEKE " (1982–1986)
*"Eesti Nõukogude Entsüklopeedia " (ENE) (1985-1990) / "Eesti entsüklopeedia " (EE) (1990-2006)
*Estonian Wikipedia (2002)
*"Estonica " [http://www.estonica.org .]
*"TEA entsüklopeedia " (2008)French
Encyclopedias written in French.
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Encyclopédie " (1751–1772)
*"Encyclopédie Méthodique " (Panckoucke) 1782–1832
*"Encyclopédie nouvelle " (Pierre Leroux andJean Reynaud ) 1839–1840
*"Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle byPierre Larousse (17 volumes 1866–1877) —really an encyclopedia despite its name
*"La Grande Encyclopédie , general secretaries of the editorial board:Camille Dreyfus andAndré Berthelot (31 volumes 1886–1902)
*"Grand Larousse encyclopédique " (1960–1964)
*"Encyclopædia Universalis " (1968–....)
*"Grand Dictionnaire Encyclopédique Larousse "
*"Claude Augé Nouveau Petit Larousse Illustré "
*"Encyclopaedia Britannica " translated into French
*French Wikipedia ("Wikipédia francophone") [http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/epc/langueXIX/numlarou/lar_3.htm Dictionnaires généraux, universels, encyclopédiques, et autres…] A bibliography of French encyclopedias up to Larousse.German
Encyclopedias written in German.
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Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon " (1751–1754)
*"Conversations-Lexikon mit vorzüglicher Rücksicht auf die gegenwärtigen Zeiten " (1796–1808; see Brockhaus)
*"Oekonomische Encyklopädie (General System of State, City, Home and Agriculture)" EditorJohann Georg Krünitz (242 Volumes 1773–1858)
*"Brockhaus" (eds. 1–14 by 1900)
*"Pierers Universal-Lexikon " (1824–1836; 7th ed. 1888–1893)
*"Meyers Konversations-Lexikon " (1839–1855; 5th ed. 1893–1897)
*"Herders Konversations-Lexikon " (1854–1857; 2nd ed. 1875–1879)
*German Wikipedia ("Deutsche Wikipedia")Greek
Encyclopedias written in Greek.
*"Helios (Νεώτερον Εγκυκλοπαιδικόν Λεξικόν, Ήλιος), (1950)
*"Papyrus - Larousse – Britannica (Πάπυρος - Λαρούς - Μπριτάννικα) (1975–2004)Gujarati
Encyclopedias written in Gujarati.
*"Bhagvatgaumandal."Completed in late 19th century by Gondal maharaja Shree Bhagvatsinghji with the help of his education minister Chandulal Patel.Hindi
Encyclopedias written in Hindi.
*Encyclopedia Britanica in Hindi (इनसाक्लोपिडिया ब्रिटानिका)
*Hindi Wikipedia
*CDAC Hindi Vishvakosh ( [http://www.cdacnoida.in/vishwa/vishwa/HomePage.asp सीडैक हिन्दी विश्वकोश] )Hungarian
Encyclopedias written in Hungarian.
*Pallas Nagy Lexikona 1893–1900
*Révai Nagy Lexikona 1911–1935
*Tolnai Világlexikona 1912-1918, 1926–1930
*A Napkelet Lexikona 1927
*Uj Idők Lexikona 1936–1942
*Új Magyar Lexikon 1961–1972
*Magyar Nagylexikon 1993–2004
*Britannica Hungarica Világenciklopédia 1994–2001
*Pannon Enciklopédia
*Hungarian Wikipedia 2003-Italian
Encyclopedias written in Italian.
*"Enciclopedia italiana di scienze, lettere ed arti" (1929-1960)
*"Dizionario enciclopedico italiano " (1955-)
*Italian Wikipedia ("Wikipedia in italiano")Japanese
Encyclopedias written in Japanese.
Korean
Encyclopedias written in Korean.
*Doosan Encyclopedia
*Encyclopedia of Korean Culture
*Korean Wikipedia Latvian
Encyclopedias written in Latvian.
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Latvian Wikipedia (2003)Lithuanian
Encyclopedias written in Lithuanian.
Norwegian
Encyclopedias written in Norwegian.
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Store norske leksikon
*"Caplex
*Norwegian Wikipedia Persian
Encyclopedias written in Persian.
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Encyclopedia Iranica " (1979)
*"Treasure Box of Knowledge " (1993)
*"Encyclopedia of Sophistication" (2003)
*"Persian Wikipedia " (2004)
*"The Encyclopedia of Iranian Old Music " (2000)
*"Encyclopedia of Persian Language and Literature "
*"Encyclopedia of Iran and Islam "
*"Loghatnameh Dehkhoda "
*"The Persian Encyclopedia "Portuguese
Encyclopedias written in Portuguese.
*"Biblioteca Universal " - Published by Texto Editora (paper, multimedia and Online) [http://www.universal.pt/]
*"Diciopédia " - Published by Porto Editora (Multimedia and Online) [http://www.diciopedia.pt/]
*"Infopédia " - Published by Porto Editora (Online) [http://www.infopedia.pt/]
*"Grande Enciclopédia Portuguesa e Brasileira " (since 1936) - 40 VolumesRussian
Encyclopedias written in Russian.
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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary " (Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона, 1890-1906)
*"Encyclopedia of Domestic Animation " (Энциклопедия отечественной мультипликации)
*"Great Soviet Encyclopedia " (Большая Советская энциклопедия, БСЭ)
*"Great Russian Encyclopedia " (Большая Российская энциклопедия, БРЭ)
*"Soviet Encyclopedic Dictionary " (Советский Энциклопедический Словарь, СЭС)
*Russian Wikipedia ("Русская Википедия")erbian
Encyclopedia written in Serbian.
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General Encyclopedia of the Yugoslavian Lexicographical Institute ("Opća enciklopedija Jugoslavenskog leksikografskog zavoda"
*Serbian Wikipedia ("Википедија на српском језику")
*Vojna enciklopedija ("Military encyclopedia")
*Encyclopædia Britannica (concise edition, translated into Serbian)
*Srpska porodična enciklopedija (Serbian family encyclopedia)inhalese
Encyclopedia written in Sinhala.
*Sinhalese Encyclopaedia (සිංහල විශ්වකෝෂය)
panish
Encyclopedias written in Spanish.
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Diccionario Enciclopédico Espasa "
*"Diccionario Enciclopédico Hispano-Americano de Literatura, Ciencias y Artes ": Barcelona, Montaner y Simón,1887-1899, reprints and appendices up to 1910. Wonderful and very readable articles, many of them written by known Spanish scholars of the day. Reprinted by the London editor Walter M. Jackson (C. H. Simonds Company, Impresores, Boston, Estados Unidos de Norte América). See reference at http://www.filosofia.org/enc/eha/eha.htm
*"El Nuevo Tesoro de la Juventud ", published by Grolier in 20 volumes
*"Enciclopedia Encarta "
*"Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana"; the biggest encyclopedia of its time. Also known as Enciclopedia Espasa o Enciclopedia Espasa-Calpe
*"Enciclopedia Labor "
*"Enciclopedia Libre Universal" also known as "Enciclopedia Libre"
*"Enciclopedia Salvat "
*"Gran enciclopedia planeta ", 20 volume, DVD and on-line encyclopedia, 2004
*"Nueva enciclopedia Durvan "
*"Nueva enciclopedia cumbre ," published by Grolier in 14 volumes and available online.
*Spanish Wikipedia ("Wikipedia en español")Slovak
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Encyclopaedia Beliana "lovene
Encyclopedias written in Slovene.
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Enciklopedija Slovenije
*Slovene Wikipedia ("Slovenska Wikipedija")wedish
Encyclopedias written in Swedish.
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Nordisk familjebok " (1876–1899; 2nd ed. 1904–1926)
*"Nordisk familjebok " (editions 2-4 of 20+ volumes each, 1904-1957)
*"Svensk uppslagsbok" (2 editions, 31 and 32 volumes, 1929-1955)
*"Kunskapens bok" (6 editions, 8 or 9 volumes each, 1937-1959)
*"Focus" (5 volumes, 1958-1960, introducing a new era of smaller modular encyclopedias, several later editions)
*"Bra Böckers Lexikon" (4 editions of 25 volumes each, 1973-1995)
*"Bonniers familjelexikon" (20 volumes, 1983-1986)
*"Nationalencyklopedin " (20 volumes, 1989-1996)
*"Lexikon 2000" (25 volumes, 1995)
*Swedish Wikipedia ("Svenskspråkiga Wikipedia")
* [http://www.svenskauppslagsverk.com/ Svenska uppslagsverk] , a comprehensive bibliography maintained by collector Christofer PsilanderUkraine
*Encyclopedias of Ukraine.
*Ukrainian Wikipedia Welsh
*"Gwyddoniadur Cymru yr Academi Gymreig" (also in English)
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