how to pronounce lingua

/ˈlɪŋ.ɡwə/

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lingua is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of lingua in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

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meanings of lingua

noun:

A median process of the labium, at the underside of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.
Tongue.

lingua frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word lingua occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics lingua can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that lingua can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;