buganvilla

Spanish

Alternative forms

• buganvilia (Latin America)

Etymology

From the surname of Louis Antoine de Bougainville, the French admiral and explorer who first brought the plant to Europe.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /buɡamˈbiʝa/ [bu.ɣ̞ãmˈbi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /buɡamˈbiʝa/ [bu.ɣ̞ãmˈbi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /buɡamˈbiʎa/ [bu.ɣ̞ãmˈbi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /buɡamˈbiʃa/ [bu.ɣ̞ãmˈbi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /buɡamˈbiʒa/ [bu.ɣ̞ãmˈbi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: bu‧gan‧vi‧lla

Noun

buganvilla f (plural buganvillas)

1. (chiefly Spain) bougainvillea

Further reading

• “buganvilla”, 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