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pavonia

/pəˈvoʊ.ni.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables
pavo-nia
IPA
/pəˈvoʊ.ni.ə/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant of the genus Pavonia of swampmallows.

Etymology

From oblique stem of Latin pāvō, pāvōnis (“peacock, peafowl”) + -ia, named after Spanish physician and botanist José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, with Spanish Pavón ultimately from Latin pāvō.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /pəˈvoʊ.ni.ə/
  • British English: /pəˈvəʊ.ni.ə/

Inflected Forms

pavonias (plural)

Rhymes With

estonia macedonia ammonia catalonia patagonia babylonia snowdonia livonia franconia laconia sinfonia begonia

Questions

How do you pronounce pavonia?
The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈvoʊ.ni.ə/.
What does pavonia mean?
Any plant of the genus Pavonia of swampmallows.
Where does pavonia come from?
From oblique stem of Latin pāvō, pāvōnis (“peacock, peafowl”) + -ia, named after Spanish physician and botanist José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, with Spanish Pavón ultimately from Latin pāvō.

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