When you hear 'tuna' are you hearing English or Spanish (USA)?

'Tuna' is a word borrowed from Spanish (USA) 'atún'. The word entered the English language some time around 1555.

tuna [noun] [circa 1555]

• any of various flat-jointed prickly pears (genus )
• one (O. tuna) of tropical America
• the edible fruit of a tuna

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Etymology: Spanish, from Taino

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