paulownia

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See also: Paulownia and paulownią

English

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin paulownia, from German Pawlowna, transliterating Russian Па́вловна (Pávlovna), the patronymic of Anna Pavlovna.

Noun

paulownia (plural paulownias)

  1. Any member of the genus Paulownia, comprising deciduous flowering trees native to Asia.
    • 1997, Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha, Vintage, published 1998, page 62:
      “This is a nice dry piece of paulownia wood,” she said, “for drawing my eyebrows.”

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Pronunciation

Noun

paulownia m (plural paulownias)

  1. paulownia

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paulownia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin paulownia, from German Pawlowna, from Russian Па́вловна (Pávlovna), the patronymic of Anna Pavlovna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pawˈlɔv.ɲa/
  • Rhymes: -ɔvɲa
  • Syllabification: pau‧low‧nia

Noun

paulownia f

  1. paulownia

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