murallón

Spanish

Etymology

From muralla +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /muɾaˈʝon/ [mu.ɾaˈʝõn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /muɾaˈʝon/ [mu.ɾaˈʝõn]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /muɾaˈʎon/ [mu.ɾaˈʎõn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /muɾaˈʃon/ [mu.ɾaˈʃõn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /muɾaˈʒon/ [mu.ɾaˈʒõn]

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: mu‧ra‧llón

Noun

murallón m (plural murallones)

1. large, strong wall

Further reading

• “murallón”, 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