bogambilya

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Tagalog[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English bougainvillea, named after French admiral and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811). Compare Spanish buganvilla.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /boɡamˈbilja/, [bo.ɣɐmˈbil.jɐ]
  • Hyphenation: bo‧gam‧bil‧ya

Noun[edit]

bogambilya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ) (botany)

  1. bougainvillea (especially the great bougainvillea, Bougainvillea spectabilis)

Further reading[edit]

  • “bogambilya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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