Popularity Hogwarts school was voted as the 36th-best Scottish educational establishment in a 2008 online ranking, outranking Edinburgh's Loretto School. According to a director of the Independent Schools Network Rankings, it was added to the schools listing "for fun" and was then voted on. In translation Most translations keep the name 'Hogwarts', transcribing it if necessary. For example, in Arabic it is transcribed as = Hūghwūrts, in Russian as = Khogvarts, in Japanese as = Hoguwātsu, in Bengali as = Hogowarts, in Greek as = Hóguarts, and in simplified Chinese as = Huògéwòcí. However, some translations translate or otherwise adapt the name: French ( = "bacon"), Latvian shortened from = "pig" + = "warts", Dutch modified from = "pig rock", Norwegian Bokmål (galt = boar, vort = wart) (Nynorsk keeps ""), Finnish ( = "wart"), Hungarian (playing with the name of Oxford in tribute to Harry Potter’s home country), Slovenian ( = "warts")), Czech means simply "warts". The Ancient Greek translation of the school is "Ὑογοήτου Παιδευτήριον τὸ τῆς Γοητείας καὶ Μαγείας", loosely translating to "Hogwizard's School of Wizardry and Magic", Ὑογοήτου replacing "Hogwarts" and derived from the ancient Greek words ὑo- (hog) and γοητής (wizard). See also Albus Dumbledore Loch Shiel References External links The Harry Potter Lexicon's Hogwarts Atlas featuring numerous images of Hogwarts. hplex.info. The Marauder's Map from the Warner Bros website, harrypotter.warnerbros.co.uk Fictional elements introduced in 1997 Fictional fortifications Fictional locations in Scotland Fictional magic schools Harry Potter organisations Fictional buildings and structures originating in literature