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doubloon

Pronunciation: /dʌˈbluːn/

The English word “doubloon” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies.

Etymology

From French doublon, from Spanish doblón, augmentative of doble (“double”), because it was worth twice a pistole.

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