English

Proper noun

Chalon

1. One of eight divisions of the Ohlone Native American people of northern California native to the Salinas Valley.
2. The spoken language of this people, an Ohlone dialect in the Utian family.

Synonyms

Soledad

Noun

Chalon ‎(plural Chalons)

1. one of a series of postage stamp series whose illustration was inspired by a portrait of Queen Victoria by Alfred Edward Chalon (1780–1860). More formally known as the Chalon heads.

References

• Levy, Richard. 1978. Costanoan, in Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 8 (California). William C. Sturtevant, and Robert F. Heizer, eds. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978. ISBN 0-16-004578-9 / 0160045754, pages 485.
• Teixeira, Lauren. The Costanoan/Ohlone Indians of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Area, A Research Guide. Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press Publication, 1997. ISBN 0-87919-141-4.

Anagrams

• lochan

English

Noun

chalon ‎(plural chalons)

1. (obsolete) A bed blanket.

French

Noun

chalon m ‎(plural chalons)

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Welsh

Noun

chalon

1. Aspirate mutation of calon.