mahón

See also: mahon, mahoń, Mahon, and Mahón

Spanish

Etymology

From Mahón.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maˈon/ [maˈõn]
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: ma‧hón

Noun

mahón m (plural mahones)

a type of cheese from Mahón, Minorca (Catalan maó)
(Puerto Rico, in the plural) jeans

Further reading

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

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