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]
Noun[edit]
bogambilya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ) (botany)
- bougainvillea (especially the great bougainvillea, Bougainvillea spectabilis)
Further reading[edit]
- “bogambilya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018