different between european vs portolan

european

Friulian

Adjective

european

  1. European

Romanian

Etymology

From French européen. Analyzable as Europa +? -ean.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?e.u.ro?pe?an/

Adjective

european m or n (feminine singular european?, masculine plural europeni, feminine and neuter plural europene)

  1. European

Declension

Noun

european m (plural europeni, feminine equivalent european?)

  1. European

Declension

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portolan

English

Etymology

From French portulan, from Italian portolano.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?p??t?l?n/

Noun

portolan (plural portolans)

  1. (historical, nautical) A chart of European navigable waters based on descriptions of coasts. [from 18th c.]
    • 2012, Simon Garfield, On the Map, Profile Books 2012, p. 110:
      Portolans are as old as the European mariner's magnetic compass, and for about two centuries the two depended on each other for the growth and safe passage of Mediterranean trade.

Translations

Alternative forms

  • portolano
  • portulan

Anagrams

  • pronotal

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