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javelina
[ hah-vuh-lee-nuh ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of javelina1
An Americanism dating back to 1815–25; from Latin American Spanish jabalina, from Spanish: feminine of jabalín “wild boar,” dialectal variant of jabalí, from Arabic (khinzīr) jabalī “mountain (boar)”
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