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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

magellan

/məˈdʒɛlən/

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What does magellan mean?

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. Ferdinand Magellan. (Portuguese explorer)

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IPA pronunciation

/məˈdʒɛlən/

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This is the principal river on the whole line of coast between the Strait of Magellan and the Plata.
Charles DarwinThe Voyage of the BeagleProject Gutenberg ebook #944
We had crossed the tropic of Capricorn, and the Straits of Magellan opened less than seven hundred miles to the south.
Jules VerneTwenty Thousand Leagues under the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #164
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The Magellan Clouds consist of three small nebulae in the southern part of the heavens,--two bright, like the milky-way, and one dark.
Richard Henry DanaTwo Years Before the MastProject Gutenberg ebook #2055
The hard work, too, of getting the sloop under way every morning was finished, I had hoped, when she cleared the Strait of Magellan.
Joshua SlocumSailing Alone Around the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #6317
The belief in the central position of the earth is still universal, and the belief in its rotundity not yet, until the voyage of Magellan, generally accepted.
John FiskeThe Unseen World, and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #1486