condor English · revision 1914

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈkɒndɔː/, /ˈkɒndə/ ''(UK)''; /ˈkɑnˌdoɹ/, /ˈkɑndəɹ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|es|cóndor]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[der|qu|kuntur]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A very large South American vulture (1604 in Barnhart, Merriam-Webster and the OED, c. 1600 in Etymonline).^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The name was extended to the related California condor.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate) From the bird figured on them, it was also given to gold coins of some South American countries (1849).^(OED 1989)^(AHD)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1604 – the bird.^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1849 – a South American gold coin.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Either of two very large New World [[vulture|alt=vultures]], the Andean condor and the nearly extinct California condor, with a bare head and neck and dark plumage.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A gold coin of some South American countries bearing the figure of a condor.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[Andean condor]]

+ * [[California condor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vulture]]

+ * [[puma]]

+ * [[llama]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}