Etymology

peñón

Today it means: A kind of offshore fort established by the Spanish Empire. Full definition →

Spanish peñón
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  1. Spanish · borrowed frompeñón“crag”
  2. English todaypeñón

Borrowed from Spanish peñón (“crag”).

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