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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
barracoon
 
SYLLABICATION:bar·ra·coon
PRONUNCIATION:  br-kn
NOUN: A barracks in which slaves or convicts were formerly held in temporary confinement.
ETYMOLOGY:Spanish barracón, augmentative of barraca, hut. See barrack1.
 
 
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