Definitions for galleonˈgæl i ən, ˈgæl yən
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
gal•le•onˈgæl i ən, ˈgæl yən(n.)
a large sailing vessel of the 15th to the 17th centuries used as a fighting or merchant ship, square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and generally lateen-rigged on one or two after masts.
Category: Nautical, Navy
Origin of galleon:
1520–30; < Sp galeón, aug. of galeagalley
Princeton's WordNet
galleon(noun)
a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries
Wiktionary
galleon(Noun)
A large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks.
Webster Dictionary
Galleon(noun)
a sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term is often rather indiscriminately applied to any large sailing vessel
Translations for galleon
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
galleon(noun)
in former times, a large, usually Spanish, sailing-ship.
- galjoenAfrikaans
- غَلْيون: سَفينَه حَرْبِيَّهArabic
- испански корабBulgarian
- galeãoPortuguese (BR)
- galéraCzech
- die GalleoneGerman
- galeonDanish
- γαλιόνι (τύπος ιστιοφόρου πλοίου)Greek
- galeónSpanish
- galeoonEstonian
- گالیونFarsi
- kaljuunaFinnish
- galionFrench
- אֳנִייַת מִפרָשִׂים סְפָרַדִיתHebrew
- दीर्घ नौकाHindi
- galijaCroatian
- gályaHungarian
- kapal bangsa SpanyolIndonesian
- galleónIcelandic
- galeoneItalian
- ガリオン船Japanese
- 갈레온 배(15-19세기의 스페인의 전투, 무역용 대형 범선)Korean
- galeonasLithuanian
- galjona (viduslaiku spāņu burukuģis)Latvian
- geliungMalay
- galjoenDutch
- gallionNorwegian
- galeonPolish
- گالیونPersian
- جنګى يا تجارتي بېړۍ ( په پخوا وختوكېPashto
- galeãoPortuguese
- galionRomanian
- галеонRussian
- galeónaSlovak
- galejaSlovenian
- galionSerbian
- gallionSwedish
- เรือใบขนาดใหญ่แบบหนึ่งThai
- kalyonTurkish
- 四班牙大帆船Chinese (Trad.)
- галеонUkrainian
- اسپانوی جنگی جہازUrdu
- thuyền buồm lớnVietnamese
- 大型帆船Chinese (Simp.)
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