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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic اَلْمَعْدِن (al-maʕdin, “the mine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /almaˈden/
- Rhymes: -en
- Syllabification: al‧ma‧dén
Noun
almadén m (plural almadenes)
- (obsolete) mine, miner
- Synonyms: mina, minero
c. 1453-1454, Pedro Tafur, Andanças e viajes de Pedro Tafur por diversas partes del mundo avidos, published 1874, page 20:Allí fallé aquel dia con él á Carlo Morosin, un mercader que estava en Sevilla é tuvo grant tiempo los almadenes arrendados, […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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