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javelina

[ hah-vuh-lee-nuh ]

noun

, plural ja·ve·li·nas, (especially collectively) ja·ve·li·na.
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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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