flamingo

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Meaning

flamingo (bird)

Frequency

30k
Hyphenated as
fla‧min‧go
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/flaˈmĩ.ɡu/
Etymology

Borrowed from English flamingo, from Portuguese and Spanish flamengo (“flame colored”), from Old Occitan flamenc (“flame colored”), from Latin flamma (“flame”) (compare Portuguese chama, flama).

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