kamelya

Cebuano

Etymology

From English camellia, from New Latin, named after Moravian botanist Joseph Kamel (‘Camellus’) (1661–1706).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧mel‧ya

Noun

kamelya

1. any plant of the genus Camellia

Turkish

Etymology

From French camélia.

Noun

kamelya (definite accusative kamelyayı, plural kamelyalar)

1. camellia

References

• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “kamelya”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı