The Humble Potato
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Note: full disclaimer. The sorting on this page reflects absolutely nothing in reality, it is an arbitrary way to collect languages. I could've done it by language family, but there are a LOT of those.
North America
English - potato
Spanish - papa
ASL 
Central America
Spanish - papa
Portuguese - batata
Nahuatl - camohtli
Nicaraguan Sign Language
South America
Spanish - papa
Portuguese - batata
Piraha
North Africa
Setswana - tapole or potata
French - pomme de terre
Arabic - (albatatis) البطاطس
Amharic - ድንች (dnichi)
Tigrinya -
Yoruba - ọdunkun
South Africa
Swahili - viazi
Sesotho - tapole
Afrikaans - aartappel
isiNdebele - igwili
Western Europe
Spanish - papa
French - pomme de terre
German - kartoffel
Italian - patata
Portuguese - batata
Swedish - potatis
Finnish - peruna
Basque - patata
Greek - πατάτα (patáta)
Eastern Europe
Hungarian - burgonya
Russian - картофель (kartofel)
Croatian - krumpir
Slovenian - krompir
Albanian - patate
Bulgarian - картофи (kartofi)
Romanian - cartof
Ukrainian - картопля (kartoplya)
Middle East
Arabic - (albatatis) البطاطس
Hebrew - (ta•pu•ach a•da•ma) תפוח אדמה
Persian - (sib zamini) سیب زمینی
Turkish - patates
Kurdish - kartol
Akkadian
Syriac
Central Asia
Mandarin Chinese - tǔdòu
Mongolian - төмс (töms)
Urdu - آلو
Hindustani - aloo
East Asia
Japanese - poteto
Thai - มันฝรั่ง (Mạnf̄ràng)
Vietnamese - khoai tây
Korean - 감자 (gamja)
Oceania
Tagalog - patatas
Australia
Meriam Mir
Gumatj
Gumbaynggirr
Western Desert language
Kala Lagaw Ya
Pitjantjatjara
Dhanggati
Australian Sign Language
Antartica
Antartican: Dried potato, Canned potato, консервированный картофель