galleon
noun/ˈɡæliən/
/ˈɡæliən/
- a large sailing ship, used between the 15th and the 18th centuries, especially by SpainTopics Transport by waterc2Word Originearly 16th cent.: either via Middle Dutch from French galion, from galie ‘galley’, or from Spanish galeón.
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