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Spanish
Etymology
Diminutive of junco (“reed, rush”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /xunˈkiʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /xunˈkiʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /xunˈkiʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /xunˈkiʒo/
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo
- Syllabification: jun‧qui‧llo
Noun
junquillo m (plural junquillos)
- (botany) jonquil
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