buganvilia
Spanish
Alternative forms
- buganvilla (Spain)
Etymology
From the surname of Louis Antoine de Bougainville, the French admiral and explorer who first brought the plant to Europe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buɡamˈbilja/, [buɣãmˈbilja]
Further reading
- “buganvilia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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