Chalon

See also: chalon

English

Noun

Chalon (plural Chalons)

1. Any of a series of postage stamps whose illustration was inspired by a portrait of Queen Victoria by Alfred Edward Chalon (1780–1860); more formally known as the Chalon heads.

1. One of eight divisions of the Ohlone Native American people of northern California native to the Salinas Valley.

Synonyms

• Soledad

Proper noun

Chalon

1. The spoken language of this people, an Ohlone dialect in the Utian family.

Synonyms

• Soledad

References

• Levy, Richard. 1978. Costanoan, in Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 8 (California). William C. Sturtevant, and Robert F. Heizer, eds. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978. →ISBN / 0160045754, pages 485.
• Teixeira, Lauren. The Costanoan/Ohlone Indians of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Area, A Research Guide. Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press Publication, 1997. →ISBN.

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Chalon ("Soledad"), cst ⁠

Anagrams

• Ch'olan, lochan