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Look up: Galleon

  1. galleon
    [n] - a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Galleon
    Gal'le·on noun [ Spanish galeon , confer French galion ; from Late Latin galeo , galio . See Galley .] (Nautical) A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and use...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/4

  3. galleon
    noun a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  4. Galleon
    • (n.) A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term is often rather indiscriminately applied to any large sailing vessel.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  5. galleon
    full-rigged sailing ship that was built primarily for war, and which developed in the 15th and 16th centuries. The name derived from `galley,` which ... [5 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/4

  6. Galleon
    A Galleon was a Spanish or Portuguese warship. They had three or four decks.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  7. galleon
    galleon, oceangoing warship used by the European naval powers in the 15th and 16th cent. A large, cumbersome vessel, the galleon was three-masted and square-rigged, usually with two decks, and with its main batteries in broadsides. Galleons were much used to transport treasure and other cargo from t...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0

  8. Galleon
    A `galleon` was a large, multi-decked sailing ship used primarily by European states from the 16th to 18th centuries. Whether used for war or commerce, they were generally armed with the demi-culverin type of cannon. Etymology: The term "galleon" had been in use long before the ship...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galleon

  9. Galleon
    (video game) `Galleon` is a video game developed by Toby Gard and Confounding Factor. Famously announced in Edge magazine in 1997, the game went through various incarnations and publishers before eventually being published by SCi in 2004 to fairly muted critical response. The av...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galleon

  10. Galleon
    (band) `Galleon` is French electro-pop duo from Marseille, founded by Gilles Fahy (who also sings) and Phillippe Laurent. They emerged on the European dance scene in 2001 with a hit single "So I Begin" sung in English. The single was released by Sony Music/Radikal Records and sold 4...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galleon



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