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dou⋅bloon

[duh-bloon]

–noun

a former gold coin of Spain and Spanish America, originally equal to two escudos but fluctuating in value.

Origin:
1615–25; < Sp doblón, equiv. to dobl(a) dobla + -ón aug. suffix

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dou·bloon (dŭ-blōōn') Pronunciation Key
n. A gold coin formerly used in Spain and Spanish America.

[Spanish doblón, augmentative of dobla, Spanish coin, from Latin dupla, feminine of duplus, double; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]

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doubloon

1622, from Sp. doblon a gold coin, augmentive of doble "double" (coin so called because it was worth twice as much as the Sp. gold pistole), from L. duplus "double."

doubloon
noun
a former Spanish gold coin

Doubloon

Doub*loon"\, n. [F. doublon, Sp. doblon. See Double, a., and cf. Dupion.] A Spanish gold coin, no longer issued, varying in value at different times from over fifteen dollars to about five. See Doblon in Sup.