damajagua

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /damaˈxaɡwa/ [d̪a.maˈxa.ɣ̞wa]
• Rhymes: -aɡwa
• Syllabification: da‧ma‧ja‧gua

Noun

damajagua m (plural damajaguas)

1. a flowering plant, Hibiscus pernambucensis

Related terms

• majagua

Further reading

• “damajagua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10