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'Christmas Star' or 'Star of Christmas' may be literal English equivalents of 'estrela-do-natal' [Euphorbiaspp]. Another equivalent may be the former scientific name, 'poinsettia'.

The feminine noun 'estrela' means 'star'. Its singular definite article is 'a' ['the'], and its singular indefinite 'uma' ['a, one']. The word 'do' combines the preposition 'de' and the masculine singular definite article 'o' to mean 'of, from the'. The masculine noun 'natal' means 'Nativity, Christmas'. Its singular definite article is 'o', and its singular indefinite 'um'.

All together, they're pronounced 'ee-SHTREH-luh doo nuh-TOW'.*

*The sound 'ow' is similar to that in the English exclamation of pain, 'ow'.

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