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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

cornucopia

/ˌkɔɹ.nəˈkoʊ.pi.ə/

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What does cornucopia mean?

noun

  1. A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted: or, an image of a such a horn, either in two or three dimensions.
  2. A hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things.
  3. An abundance or plentiful supply.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌkɔɹ.nəˈkoʊ.pi.ə/

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/ˌkɔɹ.njəˈkoʊ.pi.ə/
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Each child receives a handsome cornucopia or box as a receptacle for his popcorn.
Frederica SeegerEntertainments for Home, Church and SchoolProject Gutenberg ebook #6416
They're the pride of Utopia— Cornucopia Is each his mental fertility.
Arthur Sullivan; W. S. (William Schwenck) GilbertThe Complete Plays of Gilbert and SullivanProject Gutenberg ebook #808
More book examples (3)
The image of Priapus, the god of fruitfulness, was generally a grotesque figure made of rough wood painted red and carrying a gardener's knife and a cornucopia.
Thomas WrightThe Life of Sir Richard BurtonProject Gutenberg ebook #4315
Amid the cacti, their fleshy leaves bristling with prickles, the periwinkle opens its scattered blossoms, while in a corner the serpent arum raises its cornucopia, in which those insects that love putrescence fall engulfed, deceived by the horrible savour of its exhalations.
Georges Victor LegrosFabre, Poet of ScienceTranslated by Bernard MiallProject Gutenberg ebook #3489
Then, taking two days of calm under the line, we painted her on the outside, giving her open ports in her streak, and finishing off the nice work upon the stern, where sat Neptune in his car, holding his trident, drawn by sea-horses; and re-touched the gilding and coloring of the cornucopia which ornamented her billet-head.
Richard Henry DanaTwo Years Before the MastProject Gutenberg ebook #2055