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calin

calin noun: an alloy of lead and tin, from the Far East.

Noun

calin (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) An alloy of lead and tin, from the Far East.

Origin of calin

From French calin, calain, from Portuguese calaim, from Arabic قَلَعِيّ (qalaʕiyy).

Questions about calin

What does calin mean?
Calin means an alloy of lead and tin, from the Far East.
What part of speech is calin?
Calin is a noun.

Words near calin in the dictionary

  1. Calimo
  2. calimocho
  3. calimochos
  4. Calimyrna
  5. Calimyrnas
  6. calin
  7. Calinago
  8. Calinagos
  9. Calinan
  10. Calinaoan Sur
  11. calinda

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