How do you say bougainvillea flower in English?
Do you pronounce the L in bougainvillea?
The French explorer’s name was Bougainville (-vi:l); /vi:ja/ is therefore not closer to the French. The Spanish name is buganvilla, BTW, and should be pronounced as /-vija/ (if we accept the “j” as a replacement for the lambda sign in IPA).
Is Bougainvillea French or Spanish?
Named after French admiral and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811).
How do you say bougainvillea in French?
Boo-zhaan-vee is how it should be said.
The islands of Hawaii are home to millions of Bougainvillea bushes, commonly called Bouganvilla, Bougainvillea or Bougainville.