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madrileño

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Ma⋅dri⋅le⋅ño

[mad-ruh-leyn-yoh; Sp. mah-three-le-nyaw]
–noun, plural -le⋅nos [-leyn-yohz; Sp. -le-nyaws] . (sometimes lowercase)
a native or inhabitant of Madrid, Spain.

Origin:
1825–35; < Sp madrileño, perh. by dissimilation (d—d > d—l) from *madrideño, equiv. to Madrid Madrid + -eño suffix of appurtenance (< L -ignus, -egnus, appar. extracted from adjs. formed with -n- in which g was part of the root, e.g., larignus of larch, salignus of willow)
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