buganvilla
Spanish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom the surname of Louis Antoine de Bougainville, the French admiral and explorer who first brought the plant to Europe.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /buɡamˈbiʝa/ [bu.ɣ̞ãmˈbi.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /buɡamˈbiʎa/ [bu.ɣ̞ãmˈbi.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /buɡamˈbiʃa/ [bu.ɣ̞ãmˈbi.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /buɡamˈbiʒa/ [bu.ɣ̞ãmˈbi.ʒa]
- Syllabification: bu‧gan‧vi‧lla
Noun
editbuganvilla f (plural buganvillas)
- (chiefly Spain) bougainvillea
Further reading
edit- “buganvilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Spanish 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/iʝa
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʝa/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʎa
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʎa/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʃa
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʃa/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʒa
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʒa/4 syllables
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- Spanish countable nouns
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