galleon

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle French galion or Spanish galeón. Originally an augmentative form of a Romance language cognate of galley, the word spread around the Mediterranean from the 12th century,[1] taking on different meanings depending on place and time.

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galleon (plural galleons)

  1. A large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks.

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  1. ^ Kahane, Henry R.; Kahane, Renée; Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, § 318

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