camellón

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Spanish

Etymology

From camello +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kameˈʝon/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kameˈʎon/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kameˈʃon/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kameˈʒon/

  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: ca‧me‧llón

Noun

camellón m (plural camellones)

  1. ridge
  2. levee, dike
  3. sawhorse
  4. camlet (fabric)
  5. (Guatemala, Mexico) median; a dividing strip between two lanes of a road
  6. (Guatemala, Panama) curb (of a road)

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