name
Meaning 1
A town in Marin County, California.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Tiburon
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CMU ARPABET: T IY1 B AH0 R AO2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A shark; now specifically, Sphyrna tiburo or Negaprion brevirostris.
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History
Etymology
From Spanish tiburón (“shark”).
Borrowed from Middle French tiburon, from Spanish tiburón, of uncertain origin.
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