| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| doubloon |
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| SYLLABICATION: | dou·bloon |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -bl n |
| NOUN: | A gold coin formerly used in Spain and Spanish America. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Spanish doblón, augmentative of dobla, Spanish coin, from Latin dupla, feminine of duplus, double. See dwo- in Appendix I.
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