How to pronounce mangrove
American English pronunciation
MANG-grohv
- IPA
- /ˈmæŋˌɡɹoʊv/
- Syllables
- MANG · grohv (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What mangrove means
A coastal tree that stands in salty water on tangled roots
In a sentence: Little fish hide among the mangrove roots at the edge of the bay.
Where it comes from: It comes from an older word, mangrowe, which was probably borrowed from Spanish or Portuguese. Its ending later turned into grove, a small woods, because that sounded right to people.
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