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Elcano

/elˈkano/

proper noun/elˈkano/

Elcano is masculine in Spanish.

a village in Navarre, Spain; a toponymic surname from Basque, notably borne by

“Juan Sebastián Elcano, Spanish explorer of Basque descent who finished the first circumnavigation of the Earth.”

Borrowed from Basque Elkano, from elke (“vegetable garden”) and no (“small”).