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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *colmēna, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, most likely from Proto-Celtic *kolmēnā, derived from *kŏlmos (“straw”). Compare Galician colmea and Portuguese colmeia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kolˈmena/
- Rhymes: -ena
- Syllabification: col‧me‧na
Noun
colmena f (plural colmenas)
- beehive
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