Home › Words › G › gongoragongoragongora means A surname.EtymologyBorrowed from Spanish Góngora, itself of Basque origin.nameA surname.nounAn orchid of the genus Gongora.e.g.“The gongoras seem to thrive best in mesh plastic pots.” — 1992, Joyce Stewart, Orchids at Kew, page 64:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.pogonia 66% match — Any of the genus Pogonia of orchids. vs gongora →oncidium 66% match — Any of the genus Oncidium of tropical orchidaceous plants. vs gongora →coelogyne 64% match — Any of the genus Coelogyne of orchids. vs gongora →orchis 64% match — An orchid; now specifically, a plant of the genus Orchis. vs gongora →cymbidium 63% match — Any orchid of the genus Cymbidium. vs gongora →calanthe 63% match — Any orchid of the genus Calanthe. vs gongora →cypripedium 61% match — A member of the orchid genus Cypripedium. vs gongora →gonioporoid 61% match — Relating to or characteristic of corals of the genus Goniopora. vs gongora →