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llano (n.)
1610s, American Spanish, "prairie," from Spanish
llano
"plain, even, level, smooth," ultimately from Latin
planum
"plain," from
planus
"smooth" (see
plane
(n.1)). Hence,
llanero
"a Latin-American cowboy" (1819), literally "plainsman."
