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dou·bloon
/
dʌˈblun
/
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[
duh-
bloon
]
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noun
a former gold coin of Spain and Spanish America, originally equal to two escudos but fluctuating in value.
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Origin:
1615–25;
<
Spanish
doblón,
equivalent to
dobl
(
a
)
dobla
+
-ón
augmentative suffix
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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World English Dictionary
doubloon
or
doblón
(dʌˈbluːn)
—
n
1.
a former Spanish gold coin
2.
slang
(
plural
) money
[C17: from Spanish
doblón,
from
dobla
]
doblón
or
doblón
—
n
[C17: from Spanish
doblón,
from
dobla
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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