camellón

Spanish

Etymology

From camello +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kameˈʝon/ [ka.meˈʝõn]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kameˈʎon/ [ka.meˈʎõn]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kameˈʃon/ [ka.meˈʃõn]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kameˈʒon/ [ka.meˈʒõn]

Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: ca‧me‧llón

Noun

camellón m (plural camellones)

ridge
levee, dike
sawhorse
camlet (fabric)
(Guatemala, Mexico) median; a dividing strip between two lanes of a road
(Guatemala, Panama) curb (of a road)

Further reading

“camellón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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