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Silbo

Silbo proper noun: a dialect of Spanish, a variant of the Spanish language that is spoken through whistling. This variant originates from La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain.

Proper noun

Silbo

  1. A dialect of Spanish, a variant of the Spanish language that is spoken through whistling. This variant originates from La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain.
    • For a long time, the initiative of teaching Silbo in school remained unique in the world. In 2009, after receiving intense regional and national support, the Spanish whistled form of La Gomera was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.2015, Julien Meyer, Whistled Languages: A Worldwide Inquiry on Human Whistled Speech, Springer, →ISBN, page 65
    Synonyms:
    Silbo Gomero

Synonyms of Silbo

Origin of Silbo

From Spanish el silbo, from Spanish silbo gomero (literally “Gomeran whistling”), from Spanish silbo (“whistling”) + gomero (“Gomeran; pertaining to Gomero, Canary Islands”).

Phrases with Silbo

Questions about Silbo

What does Silbo mean?
Silbo means a dialect of Spanish, a variant of the Spanish language that is spoken through whistling. This variant originates from La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain.
What part of speech is Silbo?
Silbo is a proper noun.

Words near Silbo in the dictionary

  1. Silberrad
  2. Silberstein
  3. Silbersteins
  4. Silbert
  5. Silberts
  6. Silbo
  7. Silbo Gomero
  8. Silchar
  9. Silchester
  10. Silcott
  11. Silcotts

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