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gonfalon

(gän′fə län′, -lən)

noun

a flag hanging from a crosspiece instead of an upright staff, usually ending in streamers; esp., such a standard of any of the medieval republics of Italy

Origin: Fr < OFr gonfanon, banner < Frank *gundfano, battle standard (akin to OE guthfana) < gund, battle (akin to OE guth: see defend) + fano (OE fana), banner: see fanon

See gonfalon in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A banner suspended from a crosspiece, especially as a standard in an ecclesiastical procession or as the ensign of a medieval Italian republic.

Origin:

Origin: Italian gonfalone

Origin: , of Germanic origin; see g^when- in Indo-European roots

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