Chalon

See also: chalon

English

Noun

Chalon (plural Chalons)

1. Any of a series of postage stamps whose illustration was inspired by a portrait of Queen Victoria by Alfred Edward Chalon (1780–1860); more formally known as the Chalon heads.

Noun

Chalon pl (plural only)

1. One of eight divisions of the Ohlone Native American people of northern California native to the Salinas Valley.

   Synonym: Soledad

Proper noun

Chalon

1. The spoken language of this people, an Ohlone dialect in the Utian family.

   Synonym: Soledad

See also

• Chalon-sur-Saône

References

• Levy, Richard. 1978. Costanoan, in Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 8 (California). William C. Sturtevant, and Robert F. Heizer, eds. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978. →ISBN / 0160045754, pages 485.
• Teixeira, Lauren. The Costanoan/Ohlone Indians of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Area, A Research Guide. Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press Publication, 1997. →ISBN.

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Chalon ("Soledad"), cst ⁠

Anagrams

• Ch'olan, lochan