buganvilia
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the surname of Louis Antoine de Bougainville, the French admiral and explorer who first brought the plant to Europe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buɡamˈbilja/ [bu.ɣ̞ãmˈbi.lja]
- Rhymes: -ilja
- Syllabification: bu‧gan‧vi‧lia
Further reading
- “buganvilia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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