güira

See also: Guira

English

Etymology

From Spanish güira.

Noun

güira (plural güiras)

1. A percussion instrument from the Dominican Republic.

Anagrams

• Guria, Rugia, ugari

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwiɾa/ [ˈɡwi.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Syllabification: güi‧ra

Noun

güira f (plural güiras, masculine güiro, masculine plural güiros)

1. female equivalent of güiro, female kid, girl

Noun

güira f (plural güiras)

1. (Dominican Republic) güira (percussion instrument)

   La güira se divide en dos partes: «la de arriba era el cielo; la de abajo, la tierra» [1].

2. (Antilles) guira tree, a tropical tree of the family Bignoniaceae, e.g. Crescentia cujete
3. (Antilles) the fruit of the guira tree

Further reading

• “güira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16