güira

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish güira. === Noun === güira (plural güiras) A percussion instrument from the Dominican Republic. === Anagrams === Guria, Rugia, ugari == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Taíno. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡwiɾa/ [ˈɡwi.ɾa] Rhymes: -iɾa Syllabification: güi‧ra === Noun === güira f (plural güiras, masculine güiro, masculine plural güiros) female equivalent of güiro, female kid, girl === Noun === güira f (plural güiras) (Dominican Republic) güira (percussion instrument) La güira se divide en dos partes: «la de arriba era el cielo; la de abajo, la tierra» [1]. (Antilles) guira tree, a tropical tree of the family Bignoniaceae, e.g. Crescentia cujete (Antilles) the fruit of the guira tree === Further reading === “güira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “güira”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010