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noun, feminine

aduana

/aˈdwana/

noun, feminine/aˈdwana/plural: aduanas

customs (office that taxes imported goods)

Related: aduanal, aduanero, despachante de aduana, repertorio de aduanas

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Andalusian Arabic الديوان (ad-dīwān, “the administrative office”), from Arabic دِيوَان (dīwān, “administrative office”), from Persian دیوان (dêvân), ultimately from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub).