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English
Etymology
From S. #Spanish|llano.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�l��n��/, /�læn��/, /�jæn��/

Noun
en-noun

1. A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America.

#*2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 442:
#*:�For this,� said El Espinero, with an economical slide of his hand indicating all the visible circumference of the cruel llano.

Spanish

Etymology
L.|es planus.

Pronunciation
IPA|/��ano/

Adjective
es-adj|f=llana

1. even; flat; level
2. plain
3. straightforward

Noun
es-noun-m

1. plain

See also
liso
plano
plan

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