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Elcano

/elˈkano/

proper noun/elˈkano/

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”).