galleon
English
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡæ.li.ən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡæ.li.ən/, /ˈɡæl.jən/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -æliən, (General American) -æljən
Noun
[edit]galleon (plural galleons)
- A large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks.
- 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 220:
- The next day he returned to camp with the balance of his ingots, and when they were stored on board the cruiser Captain Dufranne said he felt like the commander of an old-time Spanish galleon returning from the treasure cities of the Aztecs. “I don’t know what minute my crew will cut my throat, and take over the ship,” he added.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]large sailing ship
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References
[edit]- ^ 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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