cigüeña

Asturian

Noun

cigüeña f (plural cigüeñes)

stork

Spanish

cigüeña

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ciconia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiˈɡweɲa/ [θiˈɣ̞we.ɲa]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /siˈɡweɲa/ [siˈɣ̞we.ɲa]
Audio (Spain): (file)
Rhymes: -eɲa
Syllabification: ci‧güe‧ña

Noun

cigüeña f (plural cigüeñas)

stork (large wading bird)
Synonym: cicónido
redstem filaree, Erodium cicutarium
the scavenger's daughter; a torture device

Derived terms

cigüeña blanca

Further reading

“cigüeña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Cigüeña on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

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