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10 Language-to-English DictionariesDublone
Pronunciation / Transliteration: doo-blo-nuh
"Die alte spanische Dublone war auf der Auktion sehr wertvoll."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An obsolete gold coin of Spain and Spanish America, formerly worth two pistoles.
"The pirate chest was filled with gleaming gold doubloons." - 2
A duplicate or double copy of an item or document.
"The archivist carefully cataloged the historical doublon alongside the original manuscript."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the French adjective double (meaning 'double'), tracing back to the Latin duplus. Historically used in numismatics to describe a Spanish gold coin worth double a pistole, and later adopted in computing and philology to denote a duplicate copy.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Doublon" is said worldwide
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doublon
Transliteration: doo-blon
"Il a trouvé un vieux doublon en or dans le grenier."
Dublone
Transliteration: doo-blo-nuh
"Die alte spanische Dublone war auf der Auktion sehr wertvoll."
doblone
Transliteration: do-blo-ne
"Il capitano teneva un doblone d'oro nella sua tasca."
doblón
Transliteration: do-blon
"Los piratas enterraron un cofre lleno de doblones de oro."
doblão
Transliteration: do-blau
"O marinheiro encontrou um antigo doblão espanhol na praia."
डबलून
Transliteration: dablun
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"समुद्र के नीचे एक पुराना सोने का डबलून मिला।"
达布隆金币
Transliteration: dá bù lóng jīn bì
Script: 中文汉字
"海盗船长搜集了许多古老的达布隆金币。"
더블론 금화
Transliteration: deobeulon geumhwa
Script: 한국어 한글
"보물 상자 안에는 반짝이는 더블론 금화가 가득했다."
ダブロン金貨
Transliteration: daburon kinka
Script: 日本語
"海賊は砂浜にダブロン金貨が入った宝箱を埋めた。"
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