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Galan   /gˈeɪlən/   Listen
Galan

noun
1.
A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).






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"Galan" Quotes from Famous Books



... until the 6th. Here we have the brief entry paxciob ahoni. This might be translated "those of Oni were driven out or scattered." But no such locality is known or mentioned elsewhere. The Diccionario de Motul, MS. gives the meaning of ahoni as "pulido, galan, muy bien vestido," ahoni a talel ex, "you come very well dressed." I suppose, therefore, that it was a term applied to some early tribe who distinguished themselves in comparison with their ruder neighbors by elegance of costume. Later we shall find ...
— The Maya Chronicles - Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 • Various

... [Footnote 25: "Iba mui galan, i gentil hombre sobre vn poderoso caballo castano, armado de Cota, i Coracinas ricas, con vna sobre ropa de Raso bien golpeada, i vn Capacete de Oro en la cabeca, con su barbote de lo mismo." Gomara, Hist. ...
— The History Of The Conquest Of Peru • William H. Prescott



Words linked to "Galan" :   mountain peak, Andes, Argentine Republic, Argentina



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