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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

buena

/ˈbunə/

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What does buena mean?

proper noun

  1. A female given name.
  2. A borough in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, which takes its name from Buena Vista Township.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈbunə/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Our first day's ride was to a solitary house, called Yerba Buena, where there was pasture for our horses.
Charles DarwinThe Voyage of the BeagleProject Gutenberg ebook #944
Our anchorage was between a small island, called Yerba Buena, and a gravel beach in a little bight or cove of the same name, formed by two small projecting points.
Richard Henry DanaTwo Years Before the MastProject Gutenberg ebook #2055
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He resolved, therefore, to avoid these hazards, to go forward to the Islands of the Malucos, and therehence to sail the course of the Portugals by the Cape of Buena Esperanza.
Francis PrettySir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #2991
‘Fifthly, because they are enchanters, diviners, magicians, chiromancers, who tell the future by the lines of the hand, which is what they call Buena ventura, and are in general addicted to all kind of superstition.
George BorrowThe Zincali: An Account of the Gypsies of SpainProject Gutenberg ebook #565