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llano

See also: Llano

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish llano. Doublet of piano, plain, and plane.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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llano (plural llanos)

  1. (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

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  1. ^ The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003
  2. ^ “llano”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  3. ^ “llano”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Asturian

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Adjective

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llano

  1. neuter of llanu

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin plānus. Compare the borrowed doublet plano. Cognate with Galician chan and Portuguese chão.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈʝano/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.no]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈʎano/ [ˈʎa.no]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃano/ [ˈʃa.no]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒano/ [ˈʒa.no]

  • Rhymes: -ano
  • Syllabification: lla‧no

Adjective

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llano (feminine llana, masculine plural llanos, feminine plural llanas)

  1. even, flat, level
    Synonyms: plano, liso
  2. plain
  3. straightforward
  4. (phonetics) paroxytone (penultimate accented)
    Synonym: grave
    Coordinate term: agudo

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Portuguese: lhano

Noun

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llano m (plural llanos)

  1. plain (an open, grassy, mostly treeless land)

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