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/ [bu.ɣ̞ãmˈbi.lja]
• Rhymes: -ilja
• Syllabification: bu‧gan‧vi‧lia

Noun

buganvilia f (plural buganvilias)

1. (chiefly Latin America) bougainvillea

Further reading

• “buganvilia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10