doubloon
英 [dʌ'bluːn]
美 [dʌ'blun]
doubloon 达布隆（西班牙旧时的金币）来自double, 双倍。因这种金币为普通金币币值的两倍而得名。
- doubloon (n.)
- 1620s, from French doublon (16c.) and directly from Spanish doblon a gold coin, augmentative of doble "double" (coin so called because it was worth twice as much as the Spanish gold pistole), from Latin duplus "double" (see double (adj.)). Also see -oon.
