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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish llano. Doublet of piano, plain, and plane.
Pronunciation
Noun
llano (plural llanos)
- (Texas) A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America.
2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 442:“For this,” said El Espinero, with an economical slide of his hand indicating all the visible circumference of the cruel llano.
References
Asturian
Adjective
llano
- neuter of llanu
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin plānus. Compare the borrowed doublet plano. Cognate with Galician chan and Portuguese chão.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈʝano/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈʎano/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃano/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒano/
- Rhymes: -ano
- Syllabification: lla‧no
Adjective
llano (feminine llana, masculine plural llanos, feminine plural llanas)
- even, flat, level
- Synonyms: plano, liso
- plain
- straightforward
- (phonetics) paroxytone (penultimate accented)
- Synonym: grave
- Coordinate term: agudo
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Noun
llano m (plural llanos)
- plain (an open, grassy, mostly treeless land)
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