doubloon
pronunciation
How to pronounce doubloon in British English:
UK [dʌˈblu:n]
How to pronounce doubloon in American English:
US [dʌˈblun]
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- Noun:
- a former Spanish gold coin
Word Origin
- doubloon (n.)
- 1620s, from French doublon (16c.) and directly from Spanish doblon a gold coin, augmentative of doble "double" (coin so called because it was worth twice as much as the Spanish gold pistole), from Latin duplus "double" (see double (adj.)). Also see -oon.
Example
- 1. To lie on the bottom of the sky , like a gold doubloon .
- 2. High-yielding currencies should be compensating investors for the risk of depreciation , and low yields have been a characteristic of strong pirates of the burnings sea doubloon currencies like the swiss franc .