escalonia

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ascalōnia cēpa (“onion from Ashkelon”). Doublet of chalote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskaˈlonja/ [es.kaˈlo.nja]
• Rhymes: -onja
• Syllabification: es‧ca‧lo‧nia

Noun

escalonia f (plural escalonias)

1. shallot

Further reading

• “escalonia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28