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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Taíno waiacan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡwaʝaˈkan/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡwaʃaˈkan/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡwaʒaˈkan/
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: gua‧ya‧cán
Noun
guayacán m (plural guayacanes)
- (Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua) any tree of the genus Guaiacum
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