peñón

noun

A kind of offshore fort established by the Spanish Empire.

OriginSpanish peñón →
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Meanings

nounpeñón (plural peñones)

plural peñones

  1. historicalarchitectureA kind of offshore fort established by the Spanish Empire.

Origin

  1. Spanishpeñón“crag”
  2. Englishpeñón

Borrowed from Spanish peñón (“crag”).

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APA

peñón. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pe%C3%B1%C3%B3n

MLA

“peñón.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pe%C3%B1%C3%B3n. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peñón,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pe%C3%B1%C3%B3n.

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