cigüeña

Asturian

Noun

cigüeña f (plural cigüeñes)

1. stork

Spanish

cigüeña

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ciconia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiˈɡweɲa/ [θiˈɣ̞we.ɲa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siˈɡweɲa/ [siˈɣ̞we.ɲa]

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• Rhymes: -eɲa
• Syllabification: ci‧güe‧ña

Noun

cigüeña f (plural cigüeñas)

1. stork (large wading bird)

   Synonym: cicónido

2. redstem filaree, Erodium cicutarium
3. the scavenger's daughter; a torture device

Derived terms

• cigüeña blanca

 

Further reading

• “cigüeña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

• Cigüeña on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es