logânia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin Logania, after the botanist James Logan.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /loˈɡɐ̃.ni.ɐ/ [loˈɡɐ̃.nɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /loˈɡɐ̃.njɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /loˈɡɐ̃.ni.ɐ/ [loˈɡɐ̃.nɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /loˈɡɐ̃.njɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /loˈɡɐ.ni.a/ [loˈɡɐ.nɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /loˈɡɐ.nja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /luˈɡɐ.njɐ/ [luˈɣɐ.njɐ]

Noun

logânia f (plural logânias)

1. (botany) logania (a plant genus native to Australia and New Zealand)

Further reading

• “logânia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024