[zobraks]

Originally Posted by PolloDiablo

There's a whole list...

... and a famous Mexican revolutionary song.
I loved that song when I was a kid , didn't have a slightest idea what it was about.
edit: Diego barged in while I was typing.

Bosnian: žohar

It's cockroach in Croatian, actually.

Bulgarian: хлебарка

Bulgarians call it a "bread bug". "Hleb" (хлеб) means "bread" in Serbian too.

Czech: šváb

Hehe, Czechs call it just "German" (also a noun) .

Originally Posted by Fien

Hmmm... any particular reason?

Beats me. I bet it has nothing to do with their history.