hoacín

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl huāctzin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oaˈθin/ [o.aˈθĩn] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /oaˈsin/ [o.aˈsĩn] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: ho‧a‧cín

Noun

hoacín m (plural hoacines)

  1. hoatzin
    Synonyms: (Llanos) chenchena, (Peru) shansho, (Venezuela) guacharaca de agua
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.