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gal·le·on
(găl′ē-ən, găl′yən)n.
A large three-masted sailing ship with a square rig and usually two or more decks, used from the 16th to the 18th century especially by Spain as a merchant ship or warship.
[Spanish galeon, from Old Spanish, augmentative of galea, galley, from Old French galie; see galley.]
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galleon
(ˈɡælɪən)n
(Nautical Terms) nautical a large sailing ship having three or more masts, lateen-rigged on the after masts and square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast, used as a warship or trader from the 15th to the 18th centuries
[C16: from Spanish galeón, from French galion, from Old French galie galley]
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gal•le•on
(ˈgæl i ən, ˈgæl yən)n.
a large sailing vessel of the 15th to the 17th centuries used as a fighting or merchant ship, square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and generally lateen-rigged on one or two after masts.
[1520–30; < Sp galeón, augmentative of galea galley]
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Noun | 1. | galleon - a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries sailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts |
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غَلْيون: سَفينَه حَرْبِيَّه
galéra
galeon
galleón
galeonas
galjona
galeona
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galleon
n → Galeone f
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galleon
(ˈgӕliən) noun in former times, a large, usually Spanish, sailing-ship.
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