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callao

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Asturian

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Adjective

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callao

  1. neuter singular of calláu

Galician

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Coios, callaos, pelouros

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *kalyāwo- (stone), either from a local Celtic substrate or a borrowing from Old French or Old Occitan. Compare French caillou.[1] Celtic cognates include Irish gallán (standing stone) and Gaulish *gallos, the source of Old French gal (small pebble).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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callao m (plural callaos)

  1. pebble
    Synonyms: coio, croio, pelouro
  2. a middle sized fragment of stone
    • 1905, Antonio López Ferreiro, O niño de pombas, page 5:
      bateu n-unha corredoira en forma de embudo, ancha na entrada, estreita no cabo, no cal a cerraba un valo de terra e callaus
      he ended in a funnelled sunken lane, wide in the entrance, narrow in the other extreme where it was closed by a wall made of earth and stones
  3. a frozen lump of earth

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “callao”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaˈʝao/ [kaˈʝa.o]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kaˈʎao/ [kaˈʎa.o]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaˈʃao/ [kaˈʃa.o]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈʒao/ [kaˈʒa.o]

  • Rhymes: -ao
  • Syllabification: ca‧lla‧o

Etymology 1

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See callado.

Adjective

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callao

  1. Pronunciation spelling of callado.

Etymology 2

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Of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *kaliavo, from the base *kal (stone), likely ultimately of non-Indo-European (substrate) origin. See also Portuguese calhau, French caillou.

Noun

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callao m (plural callaos)

  1. (obsolete, archaic, nautical) stone pebble beach (17th c. nautical Spanish)
    Synonym: playa con piedras
  2. (obsolete, archaic, nautical) pebble; Synonym of guijarro (17th c. nautical Spanish)
Derived terms
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Further reading

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