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Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish amapola.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔamaˈpola/
- Hyphenation: a‧ma‧po‧la
Noun
amapola (Badlit spelling ᜀᜋᜉᜓᜎ)
- a poppy; any plant of the genus Papaver
- the Dixie rosemallow (Hibiscus mutabilis)
Hiligaynon
Noun
amapóla
- poppy
Spanish
Etymology
Alteration of earlier ababol.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amaˈpola/
- Rhymes: -ola
- Syllabification: a‧ma‧po‧la
Noun
amapola f (plural amapolas)
- poppy
- Hyponym: adormidera
2022 June 1, Manuel Ansede, Olivia López Bueno, “Los vampiros del opio: un temerario turismo por los pueblos de España en busca de morfina”, in El País:La ubicación de los 528 cultivos legales de adormidera es secreta, pero en primavera es imposible esconder esas 11.000 hectáreas plagadas de amapolas blancas que hay en España, según los datos del Ministerio de Sanidad.- The location of the 528 legal poppy farms is secret, but in springtime it's impossible to hide these 11,000 hectares covered with white poppies all across Spain, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish amapola.
Pronunciation
Noun
amapola (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜉᜓᜎ)
- poppy
- cotton rosemallow (Hibiscus mutabilis)
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