Editing Avocado (section)

==== Regional names ====
In Central American, Caribbean Spanish-speaking countries, and Spain<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|url=https://dle.rae.es/palta|dictionary=[[Diccionario de la lengua española]]|publisher=Real Academia Española|title=aguacate}}</ref> it is known by the Mexican Spanish name {{lang|es|aguacate}}, while South American Spanish-speaking countries Argentina, Chile, Perú and Uruguay use a [[Quechua languages|Quechua]]-derived word, {{lang|es-419|palta}}.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|url=https://dle.rae.es/palta|dictionary=[[Diccionario de la lengua española]]|publisher=Real Academia Española|title=palta}}</ref> In Portuguese, it is {{lang|pt|abacate}}. The Nahuatl {{lang|nah|āhuacatl}} can be compounded with other words, as in {{lang|nah|ahuacamolli}}, meaning avocado soup or sauce, from which the Spanish word {{lang|es|[[guacamole]]}} derives.<ref>{{Cite OED|guacamole|id=82081}}</ref>

In the United Kingdom the term ''avocado pear'', applied when avocados first became commonly available in the 1960s, is sometimes used.<ref name="Scotsman">{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/twiggy-squares-up-to-sainsbury-s-in-the-avocado-wars-1-1352962 |title=Twiggy squares up to Sainsbury's in the avocado wars |date=23 May 2009 |work=[[The Scotsman]] |access-date=14 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214181923/http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/twiggy-squares-up-to-sainsbury-s-in-the-avocado-wars-1-1352962 |archive-date=2017-02-14 }}</ref>

Originating as a [[diminutive in Australian English]], a [[clipping (morphology)|clipped]] form, ''{{lang|en-AU|avo}}'', has since become a common colloquialism in South Africa and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-31 |title=From the Aztecs to avo, the scoop on 'avocado' and 'guacamole' |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3187052/aztecs-avo-scoop-avocado-and-guacamole-its |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>

It is known as "butter fruit" in parts of India<ref>{{cite news | url =http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/16/stories/2010041656650300.htm | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100421062158/http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/16/stories/2010041656650300.htm | archive-date =21 April 2010 | newspaper =[[The Hindu]] |title=Avocado holds promise for Wayanad farmers|date=16 April 2010}}</ref> and Hong Kong.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Conversation |first=The |date=2017-05-14 |title=What is China's role in the global avocado shortage? |language=en-GB |work=Hong Kong Free Press |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2017/05/14/chinas-role-global-avocado-shortage/ |access-date=2022-10-31}}</ref>