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Spanish
Etymology
From the surname of Louis Antoine de Bougainville, the French admiral and explorer who first brought the plant to Europe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /buɡamˈbiʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /buɡamˈbiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /buɡamˈbiʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /buɡamˈbiʒa/
- Syllabification: bu‧gan‧vi‧lla
Noun
buganvilla f (plural buganvillas)
- (chiefly Spain) bougainvillea
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