coruja

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Meaning

owl (a bird)

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
co‧ru‧ja
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/koˈɾu.ʒɐ/
Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Late Latin curusa or of onomatopoetic origin. Cognate with Galician, Asturian, and Leonese curuxa, Mirandese queruja and Spanish coruja, curuja.

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