médano

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Andalusian Arabic ميدان (méydan), from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān, “field, arena, open tract”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmedano/ [ˈme.ð̞a.no]
• Rhymes: -edano
• Syllabification: mé‧da‧no

Noun

médano m (plural médanos)

1. dune (ridge or hill of sand)

   Synonym: duna

2. sandbank

Further reading

• “médano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• meando, moneda, nómade